Vellum 3.8 will make you 🤩

Major Update

Vellum 3.8 is here! You are going to ❤️ these new features:

Vellum Text Editor with Emoji picker active

Emojis 😀

It’s now easy to add emojis anywhere in your book, including Text Conversations. For ebooks, Vellum ensures that emojis can be seen on every platform (including Kindle!). For print, Vellum offers a choice of emoji fonts, with one designed for black and white.

Diagram of new trim sizes available

Ten New Trim Sizes

Like big books? Format in ➕ sizes like 7 × 10 and 8.5 × 11. Feeling more demure? Go all the way down to 4 × 6. You’ll now find 24 trim sizes in Vellum, including international sizes for BoD, Bookelis, and Tolino.

Text Editor in Vellum showing a multi-level list and a popup with control over bullets

Listomania

You’ll go 🤪 for these new additions to Lists:

  1. Multiple levels of List items
    1. With up to five levels of indentation
    2. …and a list type for each level!
  2. New numbering options, including a. b. c. and i. ii. iii. 
  3. Continue numbering from a previous List
Two written notes with different handwriting styles and the Variant control used to adjust these

A Noteworthy Addition

Formatting letters between ⭐️-crossed lovers? Make their notes distinct with new Variant options for Written Note. Give each character their own writing style, and choose from an expanded set of fonts.

Also in Vellum 3.8

  • A new Preview menu includes sizing options and commands to sync with the Text Editor
  • Use Bleed settings to configure Full Bleed for BookVault, Tolino, and more 
  • Adjust a custom Heading Background using Full Bleed Scale controls 
  • For improved accessibility, Generic now defaults to EPUB 3
  • Updated indentation for books in French

Vellum 3.8 is a free update. This version requires macOS Monterey or newer, and is compatible with macOS Sequoia.

To get Vellum 3.8, use Check for Updates, or download Vellum from vellum.pub.