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InDesign Magazine issue 105
This article appeared in Issue 105 of InDesign Magazine.

A guided tour through the eyes of a veteran designer and teacher

Designing a book is a challenge that combines time-honored aesthetics, a sound knowledge of InDesign’s long document features, and an openness to resourceful workarounds. Whether you’re laying out a novel, a technical document, or a treatise, the fundamentals are the same: you want to build a publication that is easy to read, easy to navigate, and—because you’ll inevitably need to make changes along the way—easy to update.

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Nigel French is a graphic designer, photographer, and design teacher, based in Lewes, UK. He is author of InDesign Type (now in its 4th Edition), The Type Project Book (with Hugh D’Andrade) and the Photoshop Visual Quickstart Guide (with Mike Rankin) from Peachpit Press. He has recorded more than fifty titles in the LinkedIn Learning online training library.

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  • Leesa Scudder says:

    I am not interested in a lot of emails about things that I can’t get without extra money. Paid subscriptions are not in my power as an employee. I clicked on the link in anticipation of reading the highlighted article only to find that it takes a premium subscription to access it. Please just send those to “premium” subscribers; don’t waste my time!

    • Mike Rankin says:

      Hi Leesa-
      I realize it’s frustrating to follow a link that you don’t have access to, but if you’re referring to the Tip of the Week email, this article was clearly under the heading Bonus Content for Premium Members.

  • Lis says:

    This is a great article—wow Nigel, a beautiful layout! Shows me how much I still have to learn, as from just this one piece I learned so much; thanks for putting this article out there, I will be mining it for a while to come. Really inspiring. Thanks!

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