…Another important typographic choice is column measure,…the relationship of type size and column width.…As I mentioned, I'm working with 16 point type,…and my text frame, or column width, is 483 pixels.…This yields a character count of between 60 and 70 characters per line.…We can verify this if we look on the Info panel.…And this is a good number for readable text.…I've also chosen to work with ragged or left align type rather than justified.…
I feel that this suits the informal tone of the magazine, and it…means I don't have the headache of, having to avoid uneven word spacing.…Which can happen with justified type.…Ragged text takes more space than justified, but…since on screen we can always add more pages.…We don't need to shoehorn our typing to a finite space.…Let me also mention the hyphenation settings.…To achieve an even rag with the type, I'm allowing limited hyphenation.…I've changed this number from the default number of five and I'm requiring at…least four characters before the hyphen and, at least three after the hyphen.…
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5/16/2014- Setting up pages
- Adding and formatting content
- Choosing typefaces appropriate for the screen
- Creating the folio
- Adding interactivity
- Creating an app from a digital magazine
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome46s
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1. Setting Up the Page
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Creating the page1m 30s
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Adding the page framework4m 41s
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Adding page furniture5m 20s
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2. Adding and Formatting Content
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Creating an opening page6m 4s
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Creating the gallery section5m 25s
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3. Creating and Managing Articles
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Packaging the articles2m 25s
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Synchronizing styles3m 5s
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Adding section markers1m 4s
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4. Typographic Choices
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Choosing typefaces1m 41s
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Text formatting1m 19s
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Column measure1m 42s
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5. Creating the Folio
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Making a new folio2m 40s
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Setting article properties2m 30s
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6. Adding Interactivity
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Creating a multistate object8m 20s
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Adding an interactive map3m 41s
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File management2m 52s
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Creating a slideshow6m 13s
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Adding audio2m 9s
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Adding video3m 48s
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7. Building an App
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Creating an app2m 56s
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Creating splash screens1m 14s
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Conclusion
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