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Book Description

Adobe InDesign is the world’s premier page-layout tool, and its user-friendly yet sophisticated typographic controls are a big reason why. This updated edition of Nigel French’s InDesign Type, the first book to focus exclusively on the typographic features of InDesign, provides a comprehensive overview of the application’s vast array of type capabilities, from the basics of character-level formatting to strategies for designing complex layouts using grids. With practical examples, loads of tips, and a wealth of illustrations, InDesign Type offers guiding principles for how to get the best-looking type in the most efficient way possible. InDesign Type is a rich resource for anyone who wants to master the fine points of typography and works with Adobe InDesign.

Table of Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1. Getting Started
  7. Chapter 2. Getting Type on Your Page
  8. Chapter 3. Character Formats
  9. Chapter 4. Leading
  10. Chapter 5. Letterspacing, Tracking, and Kerning
  11. Chapter 6. Small (but Important) Details
  12. Chapter 7. Alignment
  13. Chapter 8. Paragraph Indents and Spacing
  14. Chapter 9. Breaking (and Not Breaking) Words, Lines, Paragraphs, and Pages
  15. Chapter 10. Tabs, Tables, and Lists
  16. Chapter 11. Drop Caps
  17. Chapter 12. Global Formatting with Styles
  18. Chapter 13. Working with Text Wraps
  19. Chapter 14. Pages, Margins, Columns, and Grids
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index
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