Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign
Styles: definitions and uses
A course by Javier Alcaraz , Editorial and Typeface Designer
About the video: Styles: definitions and uses
Overview
“I'll explain how styles understand digital applications in general, and InDesign in particular. I will describe the scope of character styles and paragraph styles to know when to use them accurately.”
In this video lesson Javier Alcaraz addresses the topic: Styles: definitions and uses, which is part of the Domestika online course: Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign. Learn advanced techniques for creating professional literary layouts.
Partial transcription of the video
“Well, I hope it was clear to you The importance of automation. And now we are going to start shredding its parts. The first thing I want to comment on It's about the styles. Styles are labels that are related to different attributes. These tags, like any tag language, can be exchanged between applications, between operating systems ... And thus be able to take advantage of automation. Let's see. To begin it is necessary to make some definitions. The first is elementary. We have to understand what a style is to know how to use it in our work. A style is a set of attributes. They are particul...”
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Course summary for: Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign
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Design, Digital Design, Editorial Design, Information Design
Javier Alcaraz
A course by Javier Alcaraz
Javier Alcaraz is a graphic designer specializing in Typographic Design and Art Direction for Editorial Design. He began his design career for Argentina newspapers and worked on developing publications and institutional communication in Ecuador. In 2004, he left Argentina for Mexico, where he worked for important publishing houses like Grupo Media and Expansión.
In 2011, he founded elcerezo, a studio that works on editorial design, branding, and typeface design for clients in Latin America and Europe, including Google, the Mexican Ministry of Culture, TetraPack, and Forbes. He currently resides in Spain.
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