From the course: Introducing InDesign
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Installing fonts with Typekit (CC and up) - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: Introducing InDesign
Installing fonts with Typekit (CC and up)
- In this movie, I'll introduce those of you who subscribe to the Creative Cloud, to a service that's available to you called Typekit. Now as I say this is strictly for folks who have InDesign CC. If you're using InDesign CS6, then you can go ahead and skip to the next chapter. The idea behind Typekit is that it allows you to access and download fonts on the fly. So Adobe is essentially providing you with a collection of free fonts that you can access any time you like. Now if you have access to my exercise files and you open the file that you see here, you may get a font warning, and that's because I'm using three fonts that may or may not be installed on your system. Hobo for the black text at the top, Stencil for this blueish text in the middle, and Giddyup for this brown text at the bottom. But you can install those fonts anytime you like using Typekit. To do so, go up to the Type menu and choose the very first command Add Fonts from Typekit and that will go ahead and launch your…
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Creating text frames5m 9s
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Selecting and formatting type7m 7s
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Searching and favoriting fonts (CC and up)5m 29s
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Type size and leading8m 31s
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Alignment, indents, and below spacing6m 55s
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Drop caps, columns, and vertical alignment4m 12s
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Coloring type and frames7m
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Installing fonts with Typekit (CC and up)3m 4s
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