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The BonFX Letter

One good pairing.
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This week — no. 14

Quiet authority

Merriweather sets the tone in one line. Lato stays out of the way and lets it.

MERRIWEATHER 700  +  LATO 400

A font specimen, a pairing that works, and one line on why it works. That is the whole email.

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InDesign Scripting Services

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BonFX provides InDesign scripting services for agencies, publishers, and in-house teams that want reliable InDesign automation

 

Maintainable InDesign scripts (ExtendScript/JSX) for production workflows.

Services

BonFX supports:

  • InDesign automation for repetitive layout work

  • Batch updates across documents (styles, typography, formatting rules)

  • InDesign template automation and publication build scripts (masters, text frames, variables)

  • Asset workflows (place/relink images, update paths, standardize linked assets)

  • Style cleanup and standardization (consolidation, consistency passes)

  • Versioning support (variants, recurring editions, language/region swaps)

  • QA checks and reporting (links, fonts, overset text, common flags)

  • Export automation (PDF presets, proof/print outputs, packaging for handoff)

Common Requests

Examples of what clients bring to BonFX:

  • “Create an InDesign script to apply our updated typography across a document library.”

  • “Standardize styles and remove drift across legacy InDesign files.”

  • “Relink or replace assets from a new folder structure.”

  • “Build a repeatable template workflow for recurring publications.”

  • “Add QA checks so issues are caught before handoff or print.”

  • “Automate exports so every output matches the same presets.”

Deliverables

BonFX delivers:

  • One or more InDesign scripts aligned to the agreed workflow

  • A short runbook (how to run it, required inputs, expected outputs)

  • Optional configuration files (mappings, folders, naming conventions)

  • Optional QA report output (log/CSV/JSON, as needed)

Engagement Options

BonFX offers this service as:

  • A project (script build + documentation + handoff)

  • An add-on workstream inside BonFX Backlog Ops when InDesign scripting is part of ongoing execution

To Get Started

We will need:

  • The InDesign file(s) (or a representative sample)

  • A short list of what must change or be automated

  • Any required fonts, links, packaging rules, and export presets

But First…

Simply reach out directly to douglas@bonfx.com to kick off a conversation about what you need and when. I’m glad to hop on a call.

Contact Douglas