Episode 288
Podcast 288
• Our must-know type tips and scripts
• Obscure Feature: Nonbreaking space (Fixed Width)
In this episode…
- News
- Videos on demand for CreativePro Week 2021
- InDesign + Type Summit (online event) July 29–30, 2021
- InDesign Magazine for June 2021 is all about Type and Typography!
- Our favorite type tips and scripts
- Obscure InDesign Feature: Nonbreaking Space (Fixed Width)
Links mentioned in this podcast:
- Videos on Demand now available for CreativePro Week 2021
- The InDesign + Type Summit
- InDesign Tips videos on LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com:
- InDesign Tips for Design Geeks (AM’s new weekly course)
- InDesign Secrets (David and AM’s weekly course)
- InDesign 16.3.1 notes:
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/Indesign-for-apple-silicon.html - Working with Hyphenation & Justification settings
Editing H&Js: https://creativepro.com/abcs-hj/
Favorite H&J Settings: https://creativepro.com/what-are-your-favorite-word-and-character-space-settings-for-hjs/ - When to Use Balance Ragged Lines
https://creativepro.com/when-to-use-balance-ragged-lines/ - Change Balanced Ragged Lines to Pyramid Shaped
https://creativepro.com/change-balanced-ragged-lines-to-pyramid-shaped/ - All kinds of white spaces: https://creativepro.com/typetalk-blizzard-white-space-characters/
- AM’s pick for a type-related script: LorumIpsumizer
https://creativepro.com/resources/plug-ins-and-scripts/
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/indesign-secrets/285-replace-formatted-text-with-lorem-ipsum - David’s pick for a type-related script: Humane Type
https://creativepro.com/a-script-that-adds-a-human-touch-to-indesign-type/ - Making Ellipses with Nonbreaking (Fixed Width) spaces: https://creativepro.com/dot-dot-dot/
- InDesignSecrets…
Using the Nonbreaking (Fixed Width) space to auto-feather a headline (set the Paragraph alignment to Justify All Lines first)

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