In my quest this year to learn and care more about all aspects of typography, I’ve been studying why some people get so attached to—or turned off by—certain typefaces and font choices. I may never fully connect with those feelings, but I have a new tool to guide me. Sarah Hyndman’s Type Taster book explores […]
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InDesign’s conditional text feature is great for creating multiple versions of text, such as different languages, or switching between US and European prices in a catalog. But even if you don’t create documents that are released as multiple versions, there are other ways that conditional text can be very useful during production. If you’ve ever […]
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With eight new exoplanets recently discovered in the magic “Goldilocks” zone of potential habitability (not too hot, not too cold, etc) comes renewed fervor that we humans may someday colonize other planets. To celebrate that adventurous spirit, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab designed some fun retro-style travel posters. Distributed by the fictitious Exoplanet Travel Bureau, there […]
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The prospect of any job interview can be very intimidating, but there are some basic things you can do to prepare yourself to be successful and to eliminate the anxiety that comes with the process. It’s important to consider how to feel confident when going into an interview since you project this in your mannerisms, […]
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One of the common challenges that InCopy users face, is the efficient navigation of documents in both Galley/Story views as well as Layout view. Layout view can be particularly challenging because if you are working in a facing page document the pages bounce between left and right hand pages and the lack of a Pages […]
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Time for another exclusive template for our Premium members! (Not a Premium member? Sign up here and get $10 off with the discount code: TEMPLATE) This template came to us from the fine folks at BookDesignTemplates.com. As you can see from the images below, it contains several common book page types, plus many useful paragraph and character styles. The download […]
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If you often have to deal with tables, you know how it can be a challenge to fit them into some layouts. Sometimes there’s not enough space, sometimes there’s too much. Sometimes the available space is the wrong shape for the table. So in the latest InDesignSecrets video at lynda.com, Anne-Marie Concepción shows all the ways […]
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This template contains several common book page types, plus many useful paragraph and character styles. The download package includes one template in InDesign and IDML formats. There are also fonts (with Open Font licenses) and a placeholder image.
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