Web Design is very intimidating for quite a few people. For just over two decades it’s been the domain of the tech savvy and coding elite. Today having an online presence is essential for business, marketing, or developing a personal brand, and the ability to build a good website often holds people back. Not everyone […]
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Hey folks, it’s time for another InDesign mystery that you can solve for a chance to win an awesome prize! Ready? Here’s the scenario: You’re working at a colleague’s computer, creating a tourist guidebook to the fair city of Oslo, Norway. You’re given some handwritten copy to type into a text frame on top of an […]
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I don’t know anyone who actually enjoys taking tests. Heck, even the eye doctor’s exam gives me sweaty palms. I recently stumbled upon a little color vision test that adds a little gaming excitement while testing your ocular acuity—and you won’t end up being told you need bifocals. It’s dubbed simply “Vision Test,” from a […]
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F-ligatures are special characters found in just about every professional font. A ligature is two or more characters that are combined to form a single glyph. Ligatures fall into two categories: standard and discretionary. Standard ligatures are designed to solve the problem of neighboring characters that either collide or combine in unattractive ways. Discretionary ligatures […]
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This tip was sent to Tip of the Week email subscribers on June 11, 2015. Sign up now and every week you’ll get a new InDesign Tip of the Week and Keyboard Shortcut of the Week, along with roundups of new articles at InDesignSecrets and CreativePro, plus exclusive deals sent right to your Inbox! Just scroll all the […]
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This week (June 15) Adobe unleashed the latest version of Creative Cloud: Adobe CC 2015. This has been a much anticipated release for many designers and other creative professionals! There have been some substantial updates to many of the Adobe Applications, but also some completely new products and services have been introduced as well, such […]
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With every new version of InDesign, features large and small are added. But occasionally features are removed as well. Anyone seen the Position Tool or the Navigator panel recently? I didn’t think so. Another case in point: InDesign CC 2015 does not (yet?) support DPS—that’s the old DPS, aka the Digital Publishing Suite. Don’t believe […]
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If I had to name one form of artwork I really appreciate, it would probably be the simple poster. From infographics, to vintage advertising, to my obsession with movie posters, I appreciate the combination of intriguing design and information presented in such a compact format. The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has recently put the […]
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This article appeared in Issue 74 of InDesign Magazine. Q. There’s something wrong with one of my text frames. The first line is slightly indented when it should align with the rest of the paragraph. I’ve checked and double-checked, but the first-line indent is set to 0. And I’ve looked all over and there is no text […]
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