From the course: InDesign: Elements of a Layout
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Bylines and credits - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: InDesign: Elements of a Layout
Bylines and credits
- [Voiceover] A byline credits the author, artwork credits acknowledge the photographer or artist. For feature articles, bylines typically go at the top of the article, after the headline and the strapline. For smaller articles, the byline may be at the end of the piece, possibly followed by a short bio or info paragraph. Bylines are often incorporated into the strapline. Art credits, if separate from the byline, typically go at the bottom of the page, or next to the image. They're often rotated through 90 degrees, and can be as small as six point type. In my work in progress, my byline is going to be added to the strapline. Here is the byline. Now I want to be able to apply the formats of the byline everywhere that it's needed, and I want them to be consistent. So what I'm going to do is create a character style. I'll come to my Character Styles panel, and choose New Character Style. Call this "byline." In my Basic Character Formats, I'm gonna make the font style bold so that it…
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