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Typography with the Creative Suite

Typography with the Creative Suite

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Typography is making a comeback! (For some of us, it never left!) Learn how to use the powerful type tools in InDesign CS3/CS4/CS5, Illustrator CS3/CS4/CS5 and Photoshop CS3/CS4/CS5 to make your type come alive and look its very best. You will learn keyboard shortcuts, and a bit of type history, while discovering ways to breathe fresh air into your type-intensive projects.

  • When, where, how, and most importantly why to use punctuation and typographic symbols like hyphens and em and en dashes, ellipses versus three periods, copyright symbols, trademark and registered trademark symbols, and various width spaces.
  • Understanding the importance of leading, indents, and paragraph spacing before/after in readability.
  • The impact of capitalization and smallcaps on readability.
  • Why American business still uses two spaces after a period and why that practice is wrong.
  • Understanding when and why to use the different OpenType numeral styles.
  • Learn how to kern and track
  • Learn how to hang punctuation
  • Other tips and techniques for setting the best looking, most legible type in InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CS4 and CS5

Your Instructor

Pariah S. Burke (http://iampariah.com) is a software trainer and design & publishing workflow expert bringing creative efficiency into studios, agencies, and publications around the world. He is the author of the first InDesign book written for experienced InDesign CS3/CS4/CS5 users with jobs to do, Mastering InDesign for Print Design and Production, and other books on Creative Suite, Adobe Illustrator, and QuarkXPress; author of more than 250 published tutorials and articles; co-author of the InDesign CS4 & CS5 and Illustrator CS4 & CS5 Adobe Certified Expert exams; an Adobe Community Professional; the former trainer and technical lead for InDesign, InCopy, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat to Adobe’s own technical support team; a freelance graphic designer with 20 years experience; a WordPress and social media evangelist; and the publisher of a network of Websites, communities, and tools for creative professionals, the Workflow: Network (http://workflownetwork.com). When not on the road training, consulting, or speaking, Pariah lives in Portland, OR where he writes (a lot) and creates (many) projects and publications to Empower, Inform, and Connect Creative Professionals™.

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