From the course: InDesign: Elements of a Layout
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Sidebars and callouts - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: InDesign: Elements of a Layout
Sidebars and callouts
- [Voiceover] Sidebars are small supporting articles separate from, but related to the main text flow. It's important that sidebars be distinct from the body text. This usually means using a contrasting type face, possibly in a tinted frame. Because of limited space, the type face may be condensed. For variety and contrast, sidebars often have a different number of columns to the body text. They have their own head style, and possibly also a strap line or deck. A narrow column measure requires ragged alignment without hyphenation. Before I add the sidebar to this article, I'm going to divide my spread into rows. And I'm gonna do this on my master pages so that the guides appear on all of my document pages. I'll come to layout, create guides, number of rows will be eight, and the gutter will be equivalent to my body text leading, 11 point. These will be fitted to the margins. Returning now to my document pages. So these rows will just aid me in the placement and positioning of the…
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