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This one day course is being run six times between Thursday 1st March 2012 and Wednesday 20th June 2012 in London,
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| Date | Location | Rating | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 01 March 2012 | London |  | £345.00+VAT | ||
| Monday 26 March 2012 | London | | £345.00+VAT | ||
| Friday 20 April 2012 | London | | £345.00+VAT | ||
| Friday 11 May 2012 | London | | £345.00+VAT | ||
| Thursday 31 May 2012 | London | | £345.00+VAT | ||
| Wednesday 20 June 2012 | London | | £345.00+VAT |
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This one day Adobe authorised course explorers the principles of type, covers what works and what doesn't and provides practical examples of how to produce typographically excellent documentation using the powerful set of typographic controls in Adobe InDesign CS4.
Introduction
- You already know more than you think about type
- Case study: newspaper mastheads
- What do typefaces say?
The character of type
- Different type personalities
- Classy, serious, fresh, authoritative or fun typefaces
- Examples of type that really works
Serif and sans serif
- The origins of the serif
- Classic serif typefaces
- Classic sans-serif typefaces
Measuring type
- Traditional conventions; points, picas and ciceros
- Leading and kerning
- Ways of controlling the vertical space between text
- Ways of controlling the horizontal space between characters
- Smart guides and smart spacing
- Troublesome kerning pairs
- Optical kerning in InDesign
Legibility issues
- What the Swiss school can teach us
- Choosing a typeface
- Typefaces that work well together
- Using white space effectively
- Font families
Typographic elements
- Using rules, dingbats, symbols and glyphs
- Ligatures and hanging indents
- Examples of great typography
Type and colour
- Using contrast
- Type for on-screen display
- Colour theory
Font issues
- Font problems
- Font conversion
- Buying fonts
- Free fonts
- Trouble-free printing
- Embedding fonts
- Using Live PreFlight
Building a consistent, appropriate style
- Creating a coherent style
The 10 commandments of type
Questions and answers
Description:
This one day Adobe authorised course explorers the principles of type, covers what works and what doesn't and provides practical examples of how to produce typographically excellent documentation using the powerful set of typographic controls in Adobe InDesign CS4.
Media Training
Media training is a London based training provider focusing on the six main areas of graphic design, publishing, the internet, multimedia, business application and journalism. Media Training is a Preferred Training Provider of BBC, EMAP, IPC Media and Haymarket Business Publications.
Media Training believes in the Experience Transfer approach to learning. This means delegates will be trained by those who have worked professionally in their chosen industry. Delegates will receive advice and training which will be applicable long after the training has finished.
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