Introduction to Adobe InDesign
Course 1 - First Steps: Text, first steps
By Javier Alcaraz , Editorial and Typeface Designer
About the video: Text, first steps
Overview
“In this video I will tell you how to create a text frame to start writing. I will also explain how to give you basic typographic attributes from the control bar and how to link different frames so that the text flows through columns.”
In this video lesson Javier Alcaraz addresses the topic: Text, first steps, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 1 - First Steps. Introduction to the software, its interface, and the main tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson we will work with the raw material that InDesign controls, What is the text? We will see the tool to work with him and with its main configurations from the control panel. Let's see what it is. Context work for InDesign is essential, and that's why it has many tools and has several functions that allow you to control in detail The use of typography. In this video, we will introduce ourselves to the tool which controls text work in your InDesign environment. In the toolbar, you will find an icon that looks like a T, that in the box that explains it says "Text Tool", and you wi...”
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Course summary for: Course 1 - First Steps
Javier Alcaraz
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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