WEEK 5: The week of April 30tH
Review in class exercise from last week: magazine grid layout sketches.
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*Baseline Grids
Style Sheets Review: Click here to review videos for the entire Chapter 1: Paragraph and character styles (Lynda.com)
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Peer-to-peer and small group feedback for Project 2.
Homework: project 2 — Manuscript, Hierarchical and multi-column grids
Refine Project 2 based off of in-class feedback. Set up and use style sheets for your project. Work on your micro-typography: kerning, letter spacing, tracking, word spacing, leading, line lengths, typographic sins, etc.
Print out spreads for final reviews next week.
What will be due the week of May 21st:
• A print out of your full article with your full page advertisement.
• A composite PDF into the lessons folder which includes the following:
— Your article layout and advertisement with underlying grid showing
— Your final article layout and advertisement WITHOUT the grid showing
“How To” files Mandatory :
Paragraph & Character Styles Cheat Sheet (pdf)
Entire Chapter 1: Paragraph and character styles (Lynda.com)
Lynda.com: How to set perfectly justified type (Lynda.com)
Setting up a baseline grid (YouTube)
“How To” files Advanced:
For those seeking more advanced InDesign skills:
Chapter 2: Styles In Depth — The first 6 videos — up through Using nested line styles (Lynda.com)
In class: Type Combinations Groups
Brainstorming Techniques (pdf)
Style Board Template (.indt file)
Setting typographic space — Indesign (pdf)
Kerning/Leading Key Commands (pdf)
Creating InDesign Grid Thumbnails (pdf)
Binding Styles and Brochure Folds (pdf)
Chapter 5: Kerning and Tracking
Chapter 6: Small But Important Details
Chapter 7: Understanding the Paragraph and Single-Line Composer
Chapter 8: Alternative Brochure Styles
Chapter 3: Under Creating a Document >> Only Setting the Margin and Column Guides
Chapter 4: Under Managing Pages >>
Only Changing Page Size
079 Using ruler guides: 10 great tricks (Lynda.com)
Chapter 5: Using Find/Change to clean text
Mood Boards: Dressing for different...
How to Create Mood Boards: 30 Expert Tips
Color / Trend Forecasting: Pantone
Color / Trend Forecasting: Franklin Till
Color Fun 1: Color Scheme Designer