InDesign type: professional typography with Adobe InDesign

✍ Scribed by Adobe Systems.; French, Nigel

• Publisher: Adobe Press; Peachpit
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 289
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Adobe InDesign is the world's premier page-layout tool, and its user-friendly yet sophisticated typographic controls are a big reason why. This updated edition of Nigel French'sInDesign Type,the first book to focus exclusively on the typographic features of InDesign, provides a comprehensive overview of the application's vast array of type capabilities, from the basics of character-level formatting to strategies for designing complex layouts using grids. With practical examples, loads of tips, and a wealth of illustrations, InDesign Type offers guiding principles for how to get the best-looking type in the most efficient way possible. InDesign Type is a rich resource for anyone who wants to master the fine points of typography and works with Adobe InDesign.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
Chapter 1 Getting Started......Page 12
Type Anatomy and Classification......Page 15
An Indesign Type Map: Where to Find the Type Stuff......Page 21
Viewing Your Page......Page 26
Creating a Typography Workspace......Page 27
Chapter 2 Getting Type on Your Page......Page 32
Creating Text Frames......Page 33
Text Flow......Page 34
Threading Text Frames......Page 38
Using the Story Editor......Page 47
Cleaning Up Text......Page 49
Chapter 3 Character Formats......Page 52
Text Selection Methods......Page 53
Character Formatting Options......Page 54
Readability......Page 69
Chapter 4 Leading......Page 72
Getting the Lead Out......Page 73
(Not) Using Auto Leading......Page 79
Keep It Consistent, Except …......Page 80
Chapter 5 Letterspacing, Tracking, and Kerning......Page 84
Letterspacing Vs. Tracking......Page 85
Tracking Vs. Kerning......Page 87
Kerning......Page 93
Chapter 6 Small (But Important) Details......Page 100
Typographer’s Quotes......Page 101
Punctuation......Page 102
Dashes......Page 104
Symbols......Page 105
White Space Characters......Page 106
The Glyphs Panel......Page 108
Unicode......Page 110
Ligatures, Diphthongs, and the Dotless I......Page 114
Oldstyle Figures......Page 116
Titling Alternates......Page 117
Optical Sizes......Page 118
Chapter 7 Alignment......Page 120
Left Alignment......Page 121
Justified Alignment (Justified With Last Line Aligned Left)......Page 124
Centering Type......Page 128
Other Justification Options......Page 130
Combining Left and Right Alignment......Page 132
Vertical Alignment......Page 133
Chapter 8 Paragraph Indents and Spacing......Page 136
First-Line Indents......Page 137
Hanging Indents......Page 140
Left and Right Indents......Page 141
Space Before and Space After......Page 143
Chapter 9 Breaking (and Not Breaking) Words, Lines, Paragraphs, and Pages......Page 146
Hyphenation......Page 147
Hyphenation Options......Page 148
Discretionary Hyphens and Nonbreaking Hyphens......Page 151
Hyphenation and User Dictionaries......Page 153
Hyphenation Dos and Don’ts......Page 154
The No Break Attribute......Page 156
Break Characters......Page 157
Keep Options......Page 158
Chapter 10 Tabs, Tables, and Lists......Page 162
Working With Tables......Page 163
Bulleted and Numbered Lists......Page 176
Tabs......Page 179
Chapter 11 Drop Caps......Page 182
Creating a Simple Drop Cap......Page 185
Drop Cap Aesthetics......Page 187
Difficult Drop Caps......Page 191
Chapter 12 Global Formatting With Styles......Page 194
Why Use Styles?......Page 195
Creating Styles......Page 196
Applying Styles......Page 198
Editing Styles......Page 201
Loading Styles From Another Document......Page 202
Organizing Styles......Page 203
Combining Typefaces......Page 205
A Typical Style Sheet......Page 207
Character Styles......Page 211
Sequential Styles......Page 215
Nested Styles......Page 218
Nested Line Styles......Page 220
Grep Styles......Page 221
Object Styles......Page 222
Table and Cell Styles......Page 225
Chapter 13 Working With Text Wraps......Page 228
Applying Text Wraps......Page 229
Wrapping Type Around Irregularly Shaped Graphics......Page 232
Ignoring a Text Wrap......Page 238
Chapter 14 Pages, Margins, Columns, and Grids......Page 242
Setting Up the Document......Page 243
Setting Up Columns......Page 251
Using Grids......Page 254
Page Numbers and Running Heads......Page 271
Bibliography......Page 276
Index......Page 280
C......Page 281
F......Page 282
I......Page 283
N......Page 284
R......Page 285
S......Page 286
T......Page 287
Z......Page 288

✦ Subjects

Design;Art;Art Design;Nonfiction