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InDesign CS3 Typography Training DVD

Adobe InDesign CS3 Professional Typography

Learn how to take your skills to the next level. This InDesign CS3 Typography training DVD is the ultimate in comprehensive learning for the discerning professional.

The training uses broadcast quality audio and video to deliver concise and informative training right to your desktop. The Tutorial comes complete with practical working files and presented via an intuitive, easy-to-use interface, This InDesign CS3 Typography tutorial video makes learning simple, quick and enjoyable. All training courses are authored by certified professional instructors who have a passion for teaching.

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Introduction

Understanding how to use this course
Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started

2. Placing and Flowing Text

3. Character Formatting

Choosing fonts
Sizing type
Using italics
Using condensed type
Using the ALL CAPS feature
Using small caps
Underlining type
Using superscript and subscript
Doing a baseline shift
Combining fonts in the same document

4. Leading

Setting leading
Understanding autoleading and why to avoid it
Leading headlines
Using Optical leading
How leading affects readability

5. Kerning and Tracking

Understanding the difference between kerning and tracking
Understanding Metrics kerning vs. Optical kerning
Using kerning to avoid character collisions
Kerning a headline
Tracking to fix widows and orphans
Tracking and readability
Using preferences and keyboard shortcuts
Adjusting word spaces only

6. Working with Special Characters

Using the Glyphs palette
Using typographer's quotes
Using fractions
Using apostrophes
Using ellipses
Understanding your dashes
Avoiding two spaces after a period
Spacing characters
Reducing punctuation size in headlines

7. Using OpenType Fonts

Understanding OpenType fonts
Understanding ligatures
Understanding small caps
Understanding numerals
Understanding fractions
Understanding other OpenType features

8. Aligning Your Type

Aligning your type
Setting Justification options
Setting left alignment
Setting Optical margin alignment
Hanging punctuation
Using Adobe Paragraph Composer
Align to or away from spine
Setting vertical alignment

9. Indents and Spacing

Using first-line indents
Using paragraph spacing
Using indent alternatives
Using last-line indents
Establishing visual relationships

10. Break Characters

Using line breaks
Balancing ragged lines
Using no-break and non-breaking characters
Using column and frame breaks
Defining Keep options

11. Mastering Tabs

Understanding the different types of tabs
Using tab leaders in a TOC
Creating a Reply Coupon
Using Flush tab
Creating a bullet list
Creating a numbered list

12. Hyphenation

Setting Hyphenation options
Using the Hyphenation Slider
Adding discretionary and non-breaking hyphens
Using the Optical hyphen
Understanding the Hyphenation Zone

13. Using Drop Caps

Understanding the purpose of drop caps
Understanding the optical alignment of drop caps
Navigating tricky drop caps
Using a nested character style with a drop cap
Understanding other uses of drop caps

14. Paragraph Styles

Applying Paragraph Styles
Creating Styles
Editing and redefining Styles
Using Parent and Child Styles
Organizing Styles
Loading Styles from another document
Importing Styles from Word
Applying Styles with the Eye Dropper
Removing manual overrides
Using Paragraph Rules creatively

15. Character Styles

Creating and applying Character Styles
Understanding “relative” Character Styles
Using Find/Change to convert local formatting to Character Styles

16. Nested and Sequential Styles

Creating a run-in head
Creating a Contents page
Creating complex Nested Styles
Using Sequential Styles
Combining Nested Styles, Sequential Styles, and Object Styles
Combining even more

17. Working with Text Wraps

Applying a Text Wrap
Making items ignore the Text Wrap
Using Text Wrap tricks
Setting Text Wrap preferences

18. Working with Grids

Understanding column grid strategies
Setting up a baseline grid
Aligning the first line only
Determining the size of your type area
Customizing baseline grids

19. Type Effects

Typing on a path
Typing on a circle
Understanding offset outlines and gradients
Creating a custom ligature
Creating interlocking type
Creating see-through letters
Using type as picture frames
Using type and transparency effects
Using custom-shaped text frames
Using effects on type

Conclusion

Goodbye

InDesign CS3 Typography Training DVD Info

Title Information.

A successful layout starts with the smart use of typography. InDesign CS3 Professional Typography begins with the basics by working with text manually and understanding character formatting, then progresses through the more advanced features of InDesign CS3, such as setting up and applying paragraph and character styles, using OpenType fonts, and understanding how kerning, tracking, and leading affect readability. InDesign CS3 Professional Typography also covers the advanced implementation of nested styles and sequential styles, finessing such typographic details as ellipses, apostrophes, and fractions, using baseline grids, and applying special effects to your type. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.. Close »

Instructor : Nigel French

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Publisher:

lynda.com, Inc.

Duration:

6.5 hours - 124 lessons

Platform:

PC or Mac

Fomat :

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Price:

$99.95

£65.47

€73.36

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