Introduction to Adobe InDesign
Course 2 - Texts and Tables: Presentation
By Javier Alcaraz , Editorial and Typeface Designer
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this course we will deepen the use of texts and tables. We will begin by understanding digital typography a little more. Then we will learn to grant attributes to characters and paragraphs, we will do the same with the tables and end with the creation of styles for your editorial project.”
In this video lesson Javier Alcaraz addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 2 - Texts and Tables. Learn the essentials for working with text and tables in your editorial project.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this course, we will see how to work with text, which is fundamental for editorial work that InDesign allows you to do. Start by understanding the digital type and the characteristics of the different formats. We will continue with the attributes of character, body, style, variable ... and then move on to the first configurations of the paragraphs. Next, delve into these attributes in order to have an elementary typographic design. In this way, you will take advantage of the expressive possibilities of the typography. Next, I'll explain a somewhat cumbersome topic: tables. We will see ho...”
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Course summary for: Course 2 - Texts and Tables
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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