InDesign Type: Professional Typography with Adobe Indesign

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

French, Nigel, Author.

Contributor:

Adobe Systems, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe InDesign (Electronic resource).

Desktop publishing.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 277 p.) : ill.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Adobe Press 2010

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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’s InDesign 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.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Getting Started

Type Anatomy and Classification

An InDesign Type Map: Where to Find the Type Stuff

Viewing Your Page

Creating a Typography Workspace

CHAPTER 2 Getting Type on Your Page

Creating Text Frames

Text Flow

Threading Text Frames

Using the Story Editor

Cleaning Up Text

CHAPTER 3 Character Formats

Text Selection Methods

Character Formatting Options

Readability

CHAPTER 4 Leading

Getting the Lead Out

(Not) Using Auto Leading

Keep It Consistent, Except ...

CHAPTER 5 Letterspacing, Tracking, and Kerning

Letterspacing vs. Tracking

Tracking vs. Kerning

Kerning

CHAPTER 6 Small (but Important) Details

Typographer's Quotes

Apostrophes

Punctuation

Dashes

Ellipses

End Marks

Symbols

White Space Characters

The Glyphs Panel

Unicode

Ligatures, Diphthongs, and the Dotless i

Ornaments

Swash Characters

Oldstyle Figures

Contextual Alternates

Titling Alternates

Optical Sizes

CHAPTER 7 Alignment

Horizontal Alignment

Left Alignment

Justified Alignment (Justified with last line aligned left)

Centering Type

Right-Aligned Type

Other Justification Options

Combining Left and Right Alignment

Hanging Punctuation

Vertical Alignment

CHAPTER 8 Paragraph Indents and Spacing

First-Line Indents

Hanging Indents

Left and Right Indents

Space Before and Space After

CHAPTER 9 Breaking (and Not Breaking) Words, Lines, Paragraphs, and Pages

Hyphenation

Hyphenation Options

Discretionary Hyphens and Nonbreaking Hyphens

Hyphenation and User Dictionaries

Hyphenation Dos and Don'ts

The No Break Attribute

Break Characters

Keep Options

CHAPTER 10 Tabs, Tables, and Lists

Working with Tables

Bulleted and Numbered lists

Tabs.

CHAPTER 11 Drop Caps

Creating a Simple Drop Cap

Drop Cap Aesthetics

Difficult Drop Caps

CHAPTER 12 Global Formatting with Styles

Defining Our Terms

Why Use Styles?

[Basic Paragraph]

Creating Styles

Applying Styles

Editing Styles

Loading Styles from Another Document

Organizing Styles

Combining Typefaces

A Typical Style Sheet

Character Styles

Paragraph Rules

Sequential Styles

Nested Styles

Nested Line Styles

GREP Styles

Object Styles

Table and Cell Styles

CHAPTER 13 Working with Text Wraps

Applying Text Wraps

Wrapping Type Around Irregularly Shaped Graphics

Ignoring a Text Wrap

CHAPTER 14 Pages, Margins, Columns, and Grids

Setting Up the Document

Setting Up Columns

Using Grids

Page Numbers and Running Heads

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612660160

9780321624673

032162467X

9781282660168

1282660160

9780321624666

0321624661

OCLC:

1027171588