Episode 232
Podcast 232
• Inside Mike Rankin’s head (interview with our Editor-in-Chief!)
• All About Alternative Glyphs
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Hide Column
In this episode:
- Latest news:
- PePcon’s community site, PePcon Connect, is live
- Register for PePcon, CreativePro Conference, InDesign Conference
- April 2016 InDesign Magazine: The White Space Issue
- May 2016 InDesign Magazine is a color (management) deep dive!
- Inside Mike Rankin’s head (interview with our Editor-in-Chief!)
- All About Alternative Glyphs
- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Hide Column
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- Time for PePcon 2016! Sign up now and we’ll see you in San Diego in June (also home of the Creative Developers Summit)
- CreativePro 2016: The Conference for Photoshop and Illustrator Users, July 11-13, Minneapolis MN
- InDesign Conference 2016: Washington DC, November 7–9
- David’s new InDesign Insider: Color Management course at Lynda.com
- Mike Rankin’s Author page, personal site, and Lynda.com courses
- Mike is also the editor-in-chief of CreativePro.com
- Posts on Alternative Glyphs you’ll find useful
- Tweaking your Link Panel Options
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