Lynda: InDesign CS4: Typography

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InDesign CS4: Typography with: Nigel French
Running Time: 7:04 (hrs:min)
Software works on: Mac and Windows.
Released on: 9/10/2009

InDesign CS4: Typography explores the numerous type options, type-related features, and type-specific preferences of Adobe InDesign CS4. Using practical, real-world examples, instructor and designer Nigel French explains the purpose of each feature and describes the conventions for how and when to use it. Nigel dissects the anatomy of a typeface and defines the terminology needed for the successful application of typography. He moves from the micro to the macro level, addressing such issues as choosing page size; determining the size of margins; adjusting number columns; and achieving a clean, structured look with baseline grids. This course is essential for anyone looking to expand their work from just laying out a page to understanding the hows and whys of typography. Exercise files accompany this course.

Table of contents
Introduction
Welcome 1:18 13.2 MB
Using the exercise files 1:51 3.7 MB

1. Getting Started
Type anatomy and terminology 6:29 5.0 MB
Type classification 4:56 5.0 MB
What's in a name? (Typeface interpretations) 0:57 0.6 MB
Understanding varieties of type styles 1:40 1.4 MB
Setting preferences, workspace, and custom keyboard shortcuts 6:12 6.7 MB

2. Placing and Flowing Text
Working with text frames 5:08 6.6 MB
Manual text flow 2:56 3.4 MB
Auto-flowing text 2:22 3.5 MB
Auto-flowing without adding pages 1:18 1.7 MB
Semiautomatic text flow 1:43 2.7 MB
Mocking up pages with placeholder text 3:52 5.4 MB
Placing multiple text files 2:23 3.9 MB
Stretching a headline across columns 2:19 2.9 MB
Cleaning up text 5:51 11.1 MB

3. Character Formatting
Text essentials 4:26 7.4 MB
Italic and oblique type 3:26 4.5 MB
Condensed and extended type 2:26 1.9 MB
All caps 3:51 3.5 MB
Small caps 3:24 4.3 MB
Underlining type 3:47 4.5 MB
Using superscript and subscript 3:13 4.3 MB
Using baseline shift 2:28 2.4 MB

4. Choosing and Combining Typefaces
Practical typefaces 1:29 1.1 MB
Historical typefaces 1:08 0.9 MB
Using contrast 2:06 2.2 MB
Setting X-height 3:42 3.9 MB
Combining typefaces 3:57 7.0 MB

5. Leading
Setting leading 5:00 6.6 MB
Auto-leading and why to avoid it 5:29 7.6 MB
Leading shortcuts and preferences 2:18 3.9 MB
The one time to use auto-leading 2:57 4.3 MB
Calculating number of lines 1:28 1.5 MB
Leading and readability 1:48 2.1 MB
Optical leading 1:11 1.3 MB

6. Kerning and Tracking
Understanding the difference between kerning and tracking 2:30 2.9 MB
Metrics kerning vs. optical kerning 3:07 3.7 MB
Using kerning to avoid character collisions 3:31 3.9 MB
How tracking affects readability 4:08 4.1 MB
Adjusting word spaces only 3:01 4.1 MB
Applying tracking as exception-only 3:25 5.4 MB
Kerning and tracking preferences 2:21 4.1 MB

7. Small (But Important) Details
Typographer's quotes, apostrophes, and primes 5:09 7.1 MB
Fractions 4:09 5.0 MB
Ellipses 2:23 3.0 MB
Dashes 3:37 4.3 MB
Accents and diacritical marks 3:59 5.1 MB
White space characters 5:19 7.5 MB
Ligatures and diphthongs 4:14 4.3 MB
Numerals 2:51 2.8 MB
Ornaments 5:07 7.3 MB
Swashes 2:37 2.5 MB
Optical sizes 2:16 3.3 MB

8. Alignment
The four basic types of alignment 2:16 1.8 MB
Left or ragged right alignment 2:05 2.0 MB
Justified (left justified) alignment 6:20 7.6 MB
Hyphenation and optical margin alignment 9:01 15.0 MB
Center alignment 6:03 5.6 MB
Right alignment 1:09 1.3 MB
Aligning to or away from the spine 1:15 1.3 MB
Combining alignments 6:36 8.4 MB
The Adobe Paragraph Composer and Single Line Composer 5:46 7.5 MB
Hanging punctuation 1:49 2.0 MB
Vertical alignment 7:51 10.1 MB

9. Indents and Spacing
Using first-line indents versus paragraph spacing 5:30 7.3 MB
Using indent alternatives 2:12 2.4 MB
Applying a left indent 3:05 3.7 MB
Creating last-line indents 2:18 3.7 MB
Reinforcing visual relationships with paragraph spacing 0:45 0.9 MB

10. Breaking Paragraphs
Line breaks and discretionary hyphens 2:44 3.2 MB
Balancing ragged lines 1:26 1.3 MB
Using no-break and non-breaking characters 1:38 2.1 MB
Using Keep Options to keep with next lines 1:34 2.3 MB
Starting chapter numbers on a new page 1:47 2.6 MB
Starting paragraphs in the next frame 1:28 2.0 MB

11. Tabs, Tables, and Lists
Understanding the different types of tabs 8:03 8.0 MB
Setting table text 8:55 12.8 MB
Creating a bullet list 7:07 9.6 MB
Creating a numbered list 3:37 4.8 MB

12. Using Drop Caps
The purpose of drop caps 1:23 2.0 MB
Drop-cap examples 9:30 14.1 MB
Aligning left edge and scaling for descenders 2:00 3.1 MB
Navigating tricky drop caps 3:49 5.0 MB
Creating a nested style drop cap 3:50 5.2 MB
Other uses of drop caps 1:25 2.9 MB

13. Global Formatting with Styles
Efficient and consistent formatting 5:59 7.6 MB
Converting local formatting to character styles 6:20 9.4 MB
Using a GREP style 2:24 3.8 MB
Establishing hierarchy 8:12 13.0 MB
Creating nested styles 10:47 16.6 MB
Creating and applying sequential styles 9:49 16.1 MB
Styling callout boxes and fitting pictures with object styles 6:00 8.6 MB
Repurposing styles from other documents 6:29 10.2 MB
Using paragraph rules creatively 12:11 16.6 MB

14. Page Size, Margins, Columns, and Baseline Grids
Choosing page size 2:34 2.2 MB
Setting margins 5:28 6.6 MB
Determining the size of your type area 7:06 7.6 MB
Column grid strategies 7:47 7.5 MB
Ensuring cross-alignment with baseline grids 11:47 22.9 MB
Aligning images to cap height 5:10 8.3 MB

15. Working with Text Wraps
Using good text-wrap sense 5:49 7.5 MB
Manually adjusting the text-wrap offset 1:07 1.3 MB
Using text wraps for flexible layouts 2:13 2.8 MB
Creating inverted text wraps 2:25 3.2 MB
Setting text wrapping preferences 5:32 8.3 MB

Code:

http://hotfile.com/dl/32139989/b6be91c/LcICS4T-iN.part1.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/32139992/9205922/LcICS4T-iN.part2.rar.html