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6/17/2016- Creating a typographic workspace
- Understanding the anatomy and terminology of type
- Choosing typefaces
- Sizing and scaling type
- Formatting characters
- Adjusting leading (aka line spacing)
- Tracking and kerning
- Using the Glyphs panel
- Adding special characters: dashes, quotes, ellipses, and more
- Using OpenType features like ligatures and fractions
Skill Level Intermediate
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- [Voiceover] Hi, I'm Nigel French. Welcome. Typography is the foundation of all good graphic design, and yet many designers overlook the fundamentals of type. And many InDesign users, even experienced users, are unaware of the full potential of InDesign's extensive type tools. In this course we'll be looking in detail at how to get the best out of InDesign's typographic options. It's a balance of principles, many of which predate InDesign, and specifics, how to put these principles into practice using InDesign.
In this first part, I'll be looking at microtypography, addressing the features that come under the umbrella of character formatting, crucial concepts like leading, kerning, and fussy but necessary details, like dashes and spacing characters. The course is for beginning InDesign users, as well as experienced users wanting a refresher on type. Let's get started.
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 4s
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Exercise files1m 21s
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1. Choosing and Combining Typefaces
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Type anatomy and terminology2m 34s
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Type naming conventions1m 25s
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Using Typekit3m 37s
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Choosing typefaces2m 48s
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2. Character Formatting
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Sizing and scaling type4m 20s
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Casing2m 33s
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Small caps4m 43s
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Superscript and subscript3m 22s
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Baseline shift4m 32s
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Italic and oblique type3m 7s
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Condensed and extended type2m 34s
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3. Leading (Line Spacing)
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Definition3m 5s
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Considerations for leading4m 30s
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4. Letter Spacing, Tracking, and Kerning
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Defining7m 23s
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Letter spacing3m 20s
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Tracking3m 49s
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Adjusting word spacing3m 17s
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Kerning5m 46s
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5. Small and Important Details
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Using the Glyphs panel6m 9s
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Em dashes and en dashes3m 58s
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Spacing characters6m 8s
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Ellipsis3m 2s
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Optical sizing2m 43s
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6. OpenType features
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Ligatures3m 47s
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Fractions4m 54s
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Numerals2m 41s
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Contextual alternates5m 35s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye28s
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