Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign
Nested styles I: capitulate and line
A course by Javier Alcaraz , Editorial and Typeface Designer
About the video: Nested styles I: capitulate and line
Overview
“I will explain what they are and what they are for the basic nested styles: capitulate and line. What are its attributes, how to create them, edit them and some recommendations to have a workflow. Also, I will tell you how to use the exercise files.”
In this video lesson Javier Alcaraz addresses the topic: Nested styles I: capitulate and line, 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
“Nested styles allow you to format a text, But in a conditional way. For example, with a nested drop-cap style you can give it a different format to the first letter of a paragraph. In the same way with nested line styles you can do it on different lines, Not necessarily with the first. This will help you to format very complex text, but very precisely. I will show you how. A nested style is a paragraph style which has different character styles inside that format complex texts according to some instructions, parameters or conditions It seems to be shielding, but, nevertheless, we are more a...”
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Course summary for: Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign
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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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