This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 125
I know it’s trite that “there’s always more to learn,” but it is so true. I’ve been doing this for a long time, but still, every InDesign event I go to, I learn something. Every issue of InDesign Magazine I read, I learn something. And I’m constantly learning stuff from articles and videos around the web, such as…
- Here is a classic InDesign tip that every user should know, laid out simply and cleanly.
- InDesign continues to be the page-layout tool of choice, says Tony Bradley at Forbes. (Includes a great quote from our contributor Kelly Vaughn!)
- If you love/hate typos and autocorrect, you’ll love this brilliant typo from a book about learning how to sky dive: On page eight, line seven, the words ‘state zip code’ should read ‘pull rip cord.’ And if you like that, read more in this month’s Joss Group Dispatch (formerly “Seybold Report and Digital Publishing Report Dispatch”)
- I always loved the underlying idea of Adobe’s Multiple Masters font technology, and although I had my own ideas of why it (mostly) died, it was fascinating reading the story of MM and OpenType in this latest installment of Adobe’s type history.
- Here’s a fun article on The 8 biggest typography mistakes designers make
- Working on a yearbook? Here’s a writeup about how one person did it with Data Merge.
- Making fixed layout EPUBs from InDesign? A small edit can make a big difference in how its seen when someone switches from portrait to landscape (or vice versa).
- And, on the topic of EPUB: You might want to check out Adobe Digital Editions v4, with EPUB3 fixed-layout support!
- If you’re into type and the history of type, this looks like a great find: History of the Phototypesetting Era, by Frank Romano.
- Hey, speaking of amazing type, did you see this astonishing Nihon typeface that looks like Japanese kanji (sort of) but is actually English?
- Did you know that IKEA uses Adobe InDesign to create the amazing bookbook. (If you haven’t seen that video yet, you really must.)
Enjoy!
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Great selection as always David.
Easily one of my favourite articles on InDesignSecrets – thanks!
I’m shocked that ADE 4.0 got released in its current state, especially the Windows version.
Yes. It doesn’t seem to work on Windows 8.1.
It sounds like a top-down decision by Adobe management: We really want to push EPUB 3 Fixed Layout. We need to have an EPUB 3 reader out there, even if it does have lots of flaws!
I know this is an old thread, but my question fits here, I think.
I cannot get ADE version 4.5.1 to open ANY fixed-layout epub3 document exported from Indesign CC 2015.3?
Jim Swift
Jim: I just downloaded ADE 4.5.1 on my Mac and exported a FXL from CC 2015.3, and it opened it great. I’m pretty sure it should work fine on Windows, too.
Many thanks for that test. I did just the same on Windows 10. Like all the times before the epub launched ADE 4.5.1 but the blue wheel spun and eventually got the message ADE V 4.5.1 is not responding. The file opens with no problem on the Ipad and also in Windows 10 on Readium in Chrome.
I had earlier uninstalled and re-install ADE 4.5.1 that that made no difference.
When I add the FXL ebook to the library in ADE and try to launch from there, I get the same result. I don’t even see teh cover image for the epub when it’s in the Library!
Jim