This Month in Articles, November 2017
You can tell a lot about a person by the tools they use… or mis-use. (Like when I try using a heavy wrench as a hammer.) My favorite tool is Adobe InDesign, so what does that say about me? (Suave? Debonaire? Chic?!)
While you’re pondering that question, consider clicking through these links:
- David Bergsland wrote a good piece about CC 2018’s paragraph borders feature
- This guy came to my session at Adobe MAX and does a great job giving a synopsis of many of the tips I showed.
- I like this Chuck Green (Ideabook) article showing a before & after for a newsletter page layout
- Are you scripting InDesign? If so, you need to bookmark this page with the ExtendScript API!
- Here’s a little infographic on the topic of setting up a booklet to print at a commercial printer
- Want to design a report? Here’s how to design one people will read.
- Pretty effect: How to make text look like ice
- Do you use QR codes? They’re becoming more popular again, partly because iOS 11 now finds QR codes automatically
- Holy mackerel, in5 (HTML5 export from InDesign) now has page curl (and other cool new features). Check out Justin’s playlist of exporting a digital magazine with in5.
- OK, font lovers: Here’s a piece on designing Hebrew fonts; and this book tells you to Never Use Futura
- Here’s a nice little tutorial on Data Merge, written by Chana Messer, for anyone who has been curious and wants to test it out
- I went to the (great) Publishing@W3C conference a few weeks ago… this is a good summary of what happened there!
Enjoy!
> “My favorite tool is Adobe InDesign, so what does that say about me? (Suave? Debonaire? Chic?!)”
I think it says that you’re a very stylish character; that you frame your words carefully, follow the rules, ensure your points are well-justified, and lay out your case exceptionally well. :)
I see no href on “how to design one people will read”
Thanks
Hey David! Tracked some video traffic back to the site and found this article, thanks for the mention, great session at MAX!