Introduction to Adobe InDesign
Course 2 - Texts and Tables: Advanced character attributes
By Javier Alcaraz , Editorial and Typeface Designer
About the video: Advanced character attributes
Overview
“We will see attributes of underlining, strikethrough, not separating and language; how to use the Character palette - specific for attributes of this type - and we will explore the Open Type typography format options. Finally, we will apply color to our text. ”
In this video lesson Javier Alcaraz addresses the topic: Advanced character attributes, 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 lesson, I will tell you about the OpenType attributes you can give to the typography in InDesign. We will also add color to typography. We will see the options of underlining, strikethrough, a very important one, which is called Do not separate, and we will end up understanding How to apply different languages to the text. I will teach you all this in the program. We will go into more detail with the character attributes. And for that we will use The character palette. That can be found in Window within the Text and tables section, and you will display Character that is the palette ...”
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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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