TIP #1: No Kerning Pairs? No Problem
In many typefaces, there are no kern pairs for the number characters, and these characters occupy equal widths -- a narrow number like a 1 uses the same amount of space as a 9 or 0. This is great for making numbers line up perfectly in columns down a page, but it can look awful when numbers are in body text. To make the numbers as beautifully spaced as the rest of the characters, place your cursor between the characters you want to kern and select Optical in the Character panel's Kerning menu. By the way, InDesign has had the Optical kerning option since version 1
TIP #2: Change One Corner of a Rounded Rectangle to a Point
Once you've applied rounded corners to a rectangle, you can change one or more curves to a corner point. Select the path you want to expand, and then click either the Open Path or Close Path icon in the Pathfinder panel (Window > Object and Layout > Pathfinder). Either one converts the electronic corner effect into actual path points. Choose Open Path if you're converting an open path (like a Bezier line), or Close Path if you're converting a shape (like a rectangle).
TIP #3: Change the Default Font
To change InDesign's default font, open InDesign but don't open any documents. On the Character panel, change the Font Family and Font Style dropdowns to your preferred default. Edit the "[Basic Paragraph]" style on the Paragraph Styles panel to match your new font. Quit or restart InDesign. From now on, every new document you create will use your chosen font. Note: You will lose this Basic Paragraph Style custom formatting if you copy-and-paste a paragraph into another document. If you're sure all your documents will be created with this custom Basic Paragraph style, it's probably okay. If not, create a new paragraph style and click on it while no documents are open. That, then, becomes your default paragraph style instead of the undependable Basic style.
TIP #4: Find Out if an Image Is Flipped
In the past, editors and fact checkers couldn't tell for sure if an image was flipped after it was placed in InDesign. But in CS3 and CS4, you can find out the truth by clicking on the image with either selection tool. If the image was flipped in InDesign, you'll see a reverse "P" symbol in the Control panel. But beware! If the image was flipped in Photoshop, saved, and then placed in InDesign, there's no trail of evidence left behind.
In many typefaces, there are no kern pairs for the number characters, and these characters occupy equal widths -- a narrow number like a 1 uses the same amount of space as a 9 or 0. This is great for making numbers line up perfectly in columns down a page, but it can look awful when numbers are in body text. To make the numbers as beautifully spaced as the rest of the characters, place your cursor between the characters you want to kern and select Optical in the Character panel's Kerning menu. By the way, InDesign has had the Optical kerning option since version 1
TIP #2: Change One Corner of a Rounded Rectangle to a Point
Once you've applied rounded corners to a rectangle, you can change one or more curves to a corner point. Select the path you want to expand, and then click either the Open Path or Close Path icon in the Pathfinder panel (Window > Object and Layout > Pathfinder). Either one converts the electronic corner effect into actual path points. Choose Open Path if you're converting an open path (like a Bezier line), or Close Path if you're converting a shape (like a rectangle).
TIP #3: Change the Default Font
To change InDesign's default font, open InDesign but don't open any documents. On the Character panel, change the Font Family and Font Style dropdowns to your preferred default. Edit the "[Basic Paragraph]" style on the Paragraph Styles panel to match your new font. Quit or restart InDesign. From now on, every new document you create will use your chosen font. Note: You will lose this Basic Paragraph Style custom formatting if you copy-and-paste a paragraph into another document. If you're sure all your documents will be created with this custom Basic Paragraph style, it's probably okay. If not, create a new paragraph style and click on it while no documents are open. That, then, becomes your default paragraph style instead of the undependable Basic style.
TIP #4: Find Out if an Image Is Flipped
In the past, editors and fact checkers couldn't tell for sure if an image was flipped after it was placed in InDesign. But in CS3 and CS4, you can find out the truth by clicking on the image with either selection tool. If the image was flipped in InDesign, you'll see a reverse "P" symbol in the Control panel. But beware! If the image was flipped in Photoshop, saved, and then placed in InDesign, there's no trail of evidence left behind.
Enjoy this session from AZii
0 comments:
Post a Comment
Please enter you comments or your question what ever you have regarding Graphic Designing. Thanks