Episode 272
Podcast 272
• Variable fonts
• Obscure Feature: Redefine Scaling as 100%
In this episode:
- News:
- New round of speakers announced for CreativePro Week 2020
- Adobe MAX 2019: AM is a MAX Master again!
- David's TEDxSeattle talk
- Bug fix update for InDesign 2020
- Learn more in our YouTube channel and Facebook group
- Gotchas when sharing InDesign 2020 layouts with earlier versions
- Variable fonts: Ready for prime-time?
- OIFOTW: Redefine Scaling as 100%
Links mentioned in this podcast:
- The upcoming InDesign Conference 2020, June 1–5 in Austin, Texas
- David's video of his "InDesign Pro Secrets" session at MAX
- David spoke at TEDxSeattle on the topic of Spectrums
- Gotcha: New text flow involving indents and text wrap
- Blog post (premium) on Using Variable Fonts in InDesign 2020
- Anne-Marie's video on Using Variable Fonts from her InDesign 2020 New Features course
- Find variable fonts here
- More on "Hide New Layers When Updating or Relinking" here and here
- Our posts on Redefine Scaling at 100% here and here
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