InDesign Type: Professional Typography with Adobe InDesign CS2

ISBN: 0321385446
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 186

Authors: Nigel French

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Part I: Character Formats

Getting Started

• Getting Started
• An InDesign Type Map: Where to Find Stuff
• Viewing Your Page
• Creating a Typography Workspace
• Up Next

Going with the Flow

• Going with the Flow
• A Blank Sheet: Typing on Your Page
• Text Flow
• Threading Text Frames
• Using Placeholder Text
• Pasting Text
• Importing Word Text
• Up Next

Character Reference

• Character Reference
• Less is More, Maybe
• Type Anatomy
• Type Classification
• Character Formatting Options
• Readability
• Up Next

Getting the Lead Out

• Getting the Lead Out
• How Much Is Enough?
• (Not) Using Auto Leading
• Keep It Consistent, Except. . .
• Leading Menu Options and Keyboard Shortcuts
• See Also
• Up Next

Kern, Baby, Kern

• Kern, Baby, Kern
• When to Kern
• Metrics Kerning
• Optical Kerning
• Manual Kerning
• How Much to Kern
• Tracking
• When to Track
• Controlling Widows and Orphans
• Up Next

Sweating the Small Stuff: Special Characters, White Space, and Glyphs

• Sweating the Small Stuff: Special Characters, White Space, and Glyphs
• Typographers Quotes
• Apostrophes
• Dashes
• Ellipses
• End Marks
• White Space Characters
• The Glyphs Palette
• Footnotes
• Footnote Options
• Up Next

OpenType: The New Frontier in Font Technology

• OpenType: The New Frontier in Font Technology
• Ligatures
• Discretionary Ligatures
• Ordinals/Raised and Lowered Characters
• Swash Characters
• Fractions
• Oldstyle Figures
• Contextual Alternates
• Opticals
• Glyph Positioning
• Stylistic Sets
• Up Next

Part II: Paragraph Formats

Aligning Your Type

• Aligning Your Type
• Centering Type
• Clean Shaven or Rugged: Justified vs. Ragged Type
• How InDesign Justifies Type
• Balancing Ragged Lines
• Right-Aligned Type
• Optical Margin Alignment
• Indent to Here
• Vertical Alignment
• Up Next

Paragraph Indents and Spacing

• Paragraph Indents and Spacing
• First-Line Indents
• Space Before and Space After
• Paragraph Indents
• Up Next

First Impressions: Creating Great Opening Paragraphs

• First Impressions: Creating Great Opening Paragraphs
• Creating a Simple Drop Cap
• Drop Cap Aesthetics
• Tricks with Drop Caps
• Up Next

Dont Fear the Hyphen

• Dont Fear the Hyphen
• Hyphenation Options
• Discretionary Hyphens and Nonbreaking Hyphens
• Up Next

Mastering Tabs and Tables

• Mastering Tabs and Tables
• Setting Tabs
• Creating Decimal Tabs
• Using Tab Leaders
• Reply Forms
• Numbered Lists
• Right Indent Tab
• Working with Tables
• Creating a Table
• Working with Rows and Columns
• Working with Table Cells
• Up Next

Part III: Styles

Stylin with Paragraph and Character Styles

• Stylin with Paragraph and Character Styles
• Creating Styles
• Applying Styles
• Editing Styles
• Redefining Styles
• Creating Default Styles
• A Typical Style Sheet
• Up Next

Mo Style

• Mo Style
• Paragraph Rules
• Sequential Styles
• Nested Styles
• Object Styles
• Up Next

Part IV: Page Layout

Setting Up Your Document

• Setting Up Your Document
• Choosing a Page Size
• Determining Margins
• Determining Column Width
• Changing Columns
• Break Characters
• Page Numbers
• Section Markers
• Up Next

Everything in Its Right Place: Using Grids

• Everything in Its Right Place: Using Grids
• Things to Consider
• Your Grid Tool Kit
• Calculating the Height of the Type Area
• Align to Grid
• First Baseline Options
• Snap to Guides
• Up Next

Text Wraps: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

• Text Wraps: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
• Applying Text Wraps
• Wrapping Type Around Irregularly Shaped Graphics
• Text Wrap Preferences
• Ignoring Text Wrap
• Anchored Objects
• Up Next

Type Effects

• Type Effects
• Gradient Type
• Stroked Type
• Drop Shadows
• Custom Type with Create Outlines
• Path Type
• Vertical (Stacked) Alignment
• Transparency Effects
• Shaping Text Frames
• Sheared Type