Services

Helius works on a wide range of publications, from single-colour newsletters to highly illustrated, full-colour multi-volume books. We deal with any subject matter, from poetry and company literature to science and medicine.

Helius has particular expertise in science, technology and medicine (STM) up to research level, including difficult areas such as chemistry and advanced mathematics, with their complex nomenclature and conventions, and specialist requirements in illustration and typography.

Project management

• Preproduction advice on the best way to prepare material for publication
• Advice on the most cost-effective way to achieve your aims
• Close liaison with all parties involved in a project
• Tracking of progress from initial concept to finished product
• Tight control of production times and budgets

Typesetting

• Single-colour flyers, novels, newsletters and full-colour textbooks
• Experts in technical and scientific material, including advanced mathematics and chemistry

Design Typographic specification and book cover and page design Company literature (e.g. reports, newsletters) Illustration and photography Hand-drawing and computer illustration Redrawing and amendment of existing artwork Expert technical illustrators – specialists in accurate chemical structures Event and product photography by a member of the Royal Photographic Society Copy-editing and proofreading SfEP Registered Copy-editor Copy-editing: structure, content and style Proofreading: the essential final polish for a quality publication Experts in academic and technical material Other services Services not provided in-house (e.g. writing, indexing) are commissioned from tried and tested specialist suppliers