InDesignSecrets Podcast 288

InDesign Secrets

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…
  • YouTube videos
  • Facebook group
  • LinkedIn group

Using the Nonbreaking (Fixed Width) space to auto-feather a headline (set the Paragraph alignment to Justify All Lines first)