Adobe InDesign from Beginner to Advanced
Course 2: Layout and Typography: Type Menu
By Leandro Rodrigues , Graphic Designer and Art Director
Joined March 2020
About the video: Type Menu
Overview
“Here you will see how to treat a text not only in terms of style and formatting but also by changing the box and inserting special characters such as: dashes, blanks and breaks.”
In this video lesson Leandro Rodrigues addresses the topic: Type Menu, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 2: Layout and Typography. Learn to work with the key elements of InDesign.
Partial transcription of the video
“When we receive texts intended for layout. they are frequently formatted in ways that aren't conducive to efficient editing and design processes. To address this issue. we utilize the Type menu. which will be discussed further in this module. In the Type menu. in addition to font. size. character. paragraph. tabs. and glyphs options. we also have several other very important choices available. Essential for processing these texts is the Change Case feature. It allows us to convert text to all uppercase without retyping. This tool is crucial for efficient editing and design. We can convert t...”
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Course summary for: Course 2: Layout and Typography

Leandro Rodrigues
By Leandro Rodrigues
Through his extensive professional and academic experience, Leandro Rodrigues combines his passions for graphic design, publishing, and art direction to help bring life and personality to large-scale graphic content and digital projects.
With studies in graphic design and a postgrad degree in Art Direction for Communication from the Centro Universitário SENAC in São Paulo, Leandro has worked for over ten years in publishing and as a professor.
He has held art director and graphic design positions at the publishing house Maquinaria Studio and the digital marketing agency AgMN. He is a visiting Digital Design professor at SENAC São Paulo, as well as a director and art editor for Oeste magazine. Today, he is a Senior Designer in a branding consulting studio.
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