Adobe InDesign for Beginners

Overview

“I will explain why we may use a baseline grid in certain designs, and its advantages for enhancing organization and typographic detailing. We will cover the baseline grid features, how to change point and leading size, and how to make it respond effectively to our margin and page structure.”

In this video lesson Jamie Sanchez Hearn addresses the topic: Working with a Baseline Grid 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 5: Spaces. Learn about page options and the different kinds of documents you can create..

Partial transcription of the video

“Introduction to Adobe InDesign COURSE 5 LESSON 5 Working with a baseline grid We can use a baseline grid within our design to enhance the typographic detailing and organisation. In this lesson we'll explore the baseline grid options, such as changing the point and leading size and ensuring that our baseline grid is responsive to both our margin and our page. Let's go. We call the bottom edge that all typographic characters sit upon the baseline. A baseline grid is a guide for aligning characters to a common baseline. This can be applied when type is set in columns or is set in different siz...”

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Course summary for: Course 5: Spaces

• Level: Beginner
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