Learn the top 10 practical tips for achieving consistently beautiful typography using the type feature set of Adobe InDesign. From how to choose and combine typefaces to how to create visual hierarchy, you'll leave this session a true type nerd — never able to ignore bad kerning again. In this session, Michael Ninness, senior vice president of product at lynda.com, will cover:• The anatomy of type and the relevance of x-height• Understanding leading and how it relates to type size and column width• The proper use of white space and break characters• Ligatures and small caps and kerning, oh my!• When to use special glyphs like em and en dashes, quotation marks versus inch marks, and so on

With the democratization of publishing and design that the Adobe product line has enabled, many find themselves creating content without having a formal design background. In this session, you'll learn the top ten practical tips for achieving consistently beautiful typography. We'll cover topics such as choosing and combining typefaces, the anatomy of type, understanding leading and how it relates to type size and column width, the proper use of white space and break characters, using special glyphs like em and en dashes, quotation marks versus inch marks, how to create visual hierarchy, and much more.

With the democratization of publishing and design that the Adobe product line has enabled, many find themselves creating content without having a formal design background. In this session, you'll learn the top ten practical tips for achieving consistently beautiful typography. We'll cover topics such as choosing and combining typefaces, the anatomy of type, understanding leading and how it relates to type size and column width, the proper use of white space and break characters, using special glyphs like em and en dashes, quotation marks versus inch marks, how to create visual hierarchy, and much more.

Learn how to easily insert special characters in Adobe FrameMaker 9 using the new Character Palette and also how to use special characters in bulleted lists.