Join Nigel French for an in-depth discussion in this video Using white space, part of InDesign: Typography Part 2.
- [Voiceover] In the same way as a city needs…parks and open spaces, a page layout needs white space.…White space isn't necessarily white,…but any consciously designed open space within the document.…White space can be divided into…micro white space and macro white space.…By micro white space I mean letter spacing,…word spacing, leading, and text indents.…
By macro white space I mean margins which frame a page,…spaces between paragraphs which enhance readability…and help establish hierarchy, columns and gutters,…and spaces around images and other graphic elements.…I'll now turn all of those layers off.…I'm gonna go to the first spread in this document.…Here I have a mass of text information.…On the next spread I've organized…the same content into a seven-column grid.…
I'll press W to show my guides.…I've added subheads to make the information…more approachable, paragraph indents to make the text…more readable, and pull quotes to add visual interest.…White space tends to work best in asymmetrical layouts…where the intentionally unequal amount of white space…
Author
Nigel French
Released
6/30/2016To get the most from this course, make sure to watch InDesign Typography Part 1.
- Text flow and text threading
- Placeholders and text frames
- Type alignment
- Indents, insets, and spacing
- Bullet and numbered lists
- Text wrap
- Formatting with styles
- Hyphenation and line breaks
- Combining typefaces
- White space and grids
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome40s
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Exercise files1m 5s
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1. Text Flow
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Text flow and text threading5m 49s
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Auto-sizing text frames2m 22s
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Good type hygiene4m 45s
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2. Alignment
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Left-aligned type3m 39s
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Justified type4m 57s
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Centered type1m 13s
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Right-aligned type1m 14s
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Hanging punctuation2m 22s
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Vertical alignment options4m 19s
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3. Indents, Insets, and Spacing
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First-line indents3m 54s
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Other types of indents2m 37s
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Using text insets2m 51s
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Paragraph spacing2m 39s
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4. Typical Formatting Scenarios
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Tabbed text9m 3s
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Bullet and numbered lists7m 20s
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Working with tables4m 36s
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Working with text wraps10m 24s
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5. Global Formatting with Styles
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Parent and child styles6m 45s
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Sequential styles3m 22s
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Using a grep style5m 4s
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6. Controlling Text
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Hyphenation8m 18s
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Breaking lines2m 33s
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Keep Options3m 25s
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Preventing short lines4m 29s
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7. Design Considerations
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Combining typefaces2m 22s
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Establishing hierarchy3m 52s
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Using white space2m 25s
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Working with a grid3m 41s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye34s
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