Course Overview

Explore the typography options, type-related features, and type-specific preferences of Adobe InDesign.

Course Circullum

Introduction

Welcome
Exercise files
Creating a typographic workspace

1. Choosing and Combining Typefaces

Type anatomy and terminology
An overview of type classifications
Type naming conventions
Using Typekit
Choosing typefaces

2. Character Formatting

Sizing and scaling type
Casing
Small caps
Underline and strikethru type
Superscript and subscript
Baseline shift
Italic and oblique type
Condensed and extended type

3. Leading (Line Spacing)

Definition
Considerations for leading
Auto-leading: When to avoid it, when to use it
Auto-leading and inline graphics
Leading shortcuts and preferences

4. Letter Spacing, Tracking, and Kerning

Defining
Letter spacing
Tracking
Adjusting word spacing
Kerning
Metrics kerning and optical kerning

5. Small and Important Details

Using the Glyphs panel
Quotes, apostrophes, and primes
Em dashes and en dashes
Spacing characters
Ellipsis
Optical sizing

6. OpenType features

Ligatures
Fractions
Numerals
Contextual alternates

Conclusion

Goodbye

Nigel French

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