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InDesign CC: Book Production, Laying a solid foundation
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InDesign CC: Book Production, Laying a solid foundation

What you need to know before you start putting your book together
Created byDavid Bergsland
Last updated 8/2017
English

What you'll learn

  • Select book size, margins, column width, and more for the print version of their books
  • Develop typographically excellent paragraph designs coupled with the knowledge needed to make professional decisions
  • Will be able to set up an efficient default set of paragraph styles and character styles

Course content

4 sections • 27 lectures • 3h 55m total length

  • Introduction to the course10:24

    Just saying hi and covering what you will be covering in the course—what you can expect.

  • The current publishing world and in-demand publishing19:44
  • Here's the 500+ page book I wrote about book production. It covers more...0:02

    This book covers quite a bit more than we do in this course. So, if you feel you need any additional information about a particular lecture, just look it up in the book.

  • As we get started, you have several decisions to make17:30
  • First Demo: Starting a new document the dialog box3:42
  • The single-story concept and the PTF: how crucial this is!10:17
  • How the PTF [Primary Text Frame] works: Demo9:50
  • Create a document preset to use for your book

Requirements

  • Basic introductory knowledge of InDesign CC
  • A desire to make books look professional

Description

This is an essential typography course. Books, almost more than any project, need superlative typography to enable your readers to actually read the book. Without these skills and knowledge, your books will be compromised before you even release them.

You will discover why InDesign is necessary for book production. Word, and word processors in general, do not even have the capability of producing excellent typography.

This course covers the basic concepts you need to understand before you start putting your book together: how to set up your document—size, margins, and column width; Typography: what it is and how you produce excellent, readable typography so you can design your paragraphs to enable your readers to comfortably enjoy reading your book. By the time you finish the course, you will be amazed at all you didn't know about typography, readability, and how to communicate with your readers [or the readers of your clients].

Who this course is for:

  • An author or graphic designer who needs to produce better quality books and ebooks,
  • The designer who needs typographic skill

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