Monogram Design with Your Initials
Pagination with InDesign
A course by James Clough , Calligraphy Artist
About the video: Pagination with InDesign
Overview
“In this lesson, I will work with InDesign to define the format of my business card. I will also decide whether the card will be vertical or horizontal, with three or four lines of text.”
In this video lesson James Clough addresses the topic: Pagination with InDesign, which is part of the Domestika online course: Monogram Design with Your Initials. Learn how to handcraft a monogram from a pencil sketch and apply it to a ready-to-print business card.
Partial transcription of the video
“Pagination with InDesign In this lesson, I'll be working in InDesign and I will define the format of my business card. Then, I will decide if the orientation of my ticket it will be vertical or horizontal and I will decide how many lines of text are needed. Let's begin. With InDesign I created the that I decided for my card: 90 mm x 50 mm. I decided for a horizontal format which satisfies me more than a vertical one. I import my monogram to the desired size. I scanned it in black and white at 600 DPI. Here it is. If needed, you can transform the monogram even in a vector image with Illustra...”
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Course summary for: Monogram Design with Your Initials
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe InDesign -
Areas
Branding & Identity, Calligraphy, Graphic Design, Logo Design
James Clough
A course by James Clough
James Clough is an English calligraphy artist who's been living and working in Milan for the past 50 years. After studying typographic design at the London College of Printing, he got his start in several publishing houses around London and Milan. In 1979, he made the leap to freelance life, specializing primarily in book cover design.
Throughout his career he has collaborated with numerous advertising agencies designing slogans, logos, and monograms. In 1991, he founded the Associazione Calligrafa Italiana (Italian Calligraphy Association) alongside a group of his peers. He currently teaches calligraphy, typography, and its history at the NABA University in Milan and writes about calligraphy and graphic arts for both Italian and international publications.
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