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This article appeared in Issue 135 of InDesign Magazine. “Never play the same thing twice.” This quotable quote is attributed to Louis Armstrong, the great jazz singer and musician. It captures that indefinable essence of jazz—the spontaneity and freedom of unique expression. But it also suggests that all of us can challenge ourselves to ongoing learning and […]

This article appeared in Issue 132 of InDesign Magazine. Creating Games with the Type on a Path Tool InDesign’s Type on a Path tool is one of many built-in devices for designing unique and eye-catching typography. But aside from setting an occasional bit of display type (or, say, chapters of Alice in Wonderland), where might this tool […]

This article appeared in Issue 129 of InDesign Magazine. Creative techniques for designing with InDesign’s column rules feature. Column rules—lines placed between each column of a story—too often are an invisibly visible design tool. Generally, they’re used on the straight and narrow, confined to news­papers and magazines. They’re kept simple and serious, humble and quiet—their typical purpose […]