A foundation course in typography

Day: November 15, 2016

Class 17 and 18 – Working with Paragraph and Character Styles

When working on large documents, knowing how to use  paragraph and character styles will be very important and come in handy.

One of the best ways to format text in a long document or a document that has repeating formats is to use paragraph or character styles. When we use styles we’re creating a style sheet that will be used to format text whenever that format has to be repeated. For example, to make sure body text and/or subheads are consistent throughout a document, we would style sheet. Using a style sheet will make it quick and easy to make universal changes formatting if you need to change some aspect of the formatting, like point size, font or font color.

To help refresh and clarify the demo we did in class, use the videos below.

Paragraph Styles in InDesign CC (includes drop caps also)

Character Styles in InDesign CC

Chap Book Progress

By this time you should be well on your way with your chapbooks. To help you stay on schedule, here is how we will proceed so we can finish on schedule.

  • Wednesday, Nov 16 – We  have already reviewed your cover and you should be almost finished with your pages.
  • Monday, Nov 21 – You book should be ready for printing. You will get help in class on setting up for print.
  • Wednesday, Nov 23 – You will submit and b&w printed version along with the original color PDF file by the end of class. We begin to explore the possibilities for creating an interactive digital version of your chapbook
  • Monday, Nov  28 – Begin collecting and adding interactive content.