2015
Lynda
Nigel French
1:00
English

Think great EPUB typography is impossible? Think again. Typefaces for screens are multiplying, ereaders are improving, and InDesign CC has more features for customizing EPUBs than ever before. This combination gives designers the freedom and flexibility to build more aesthetically pleasing EPUBs. In this course, Nigel French leads you through the basics of creating EPUBS with good typography in InDesign CC. Learn how to choose fonts for maximum legibility and readability, size and scale type, thread text throughout a layout, and adjust alignment and spacing. Nigel also covers working with special characters, bullets, and paragraph rules.
Note: While most of the lessons are centered on reflowable EPUBs, specific issues for fixed-layout EPUBs are called out along the way.

Introduction
Welcome
Who should take this course?
1. Screens Are Not Pages
Working with type on screen
Comparing different types of digital publishing
2. Consideration for Choosing Screen Type
Embedding fonts
Considering legibility and readability
Enhancing weight and stroke modulation
Deciding on serif vs. sans serif
Considering script typefaces
Working with X-height
Letterspacing
Other design attributes
Choosing font style
Considering font families
3. Working with Screen Type
Adjusting type sizes on screen
Scaling type
Converting leading and line height
Setting color and contrast
4. Managing Type in EPUBs
Controlling page and margin sizes
The importance of styles
Threading text
5. Alignment and Spacing of Type in EPUBs
Working with alignment
Creating indents and paragraph spacing
Controlling page breaks
Incorporating line breaks
Controlling widows, orphans, and runts
Adding hyphenation
6. Special Considerations for Type in EPUBs
Considering typographic details
Using drop caps
Including white-space characters
Working with paragraph rules
Inserting bullets
Conclusion
Goodbye

Download File Size:181.4 MB

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