Objective:
I can use the Type tools and Palettes to create and modify type in InDesign so I can make text easier for people to read in my documents.
Vocabulary:
- Type Tool
- Type on a Path Tool
- Character Palette
- Character Formatting Controls
- Paragraph Formatting Controls
- Font
- Leading
- Kerning
- Tracking
- Vertical Scale
- Horizontal Scale
- Baseline
- Baseline Shift
- Skew
- Alignment (Left, Right, Center, Justified)
- Indent
- Drop Cap
Links:
Add Text and Art in Frames (Video)
Apply Color to an Object (Video)
Topics Discussed:
- Adobe InDesign CC 2023
Assignment:
- Follow along with the in-class demonstration, or watch the videos in the Links section above.
- In the same InDesign document that we have been working with this week, use the Pages Palette to add one additional page:
- Page 3: Your name in 72pt type across the top of the page, and two columns of 12pt overflowed placeholder text (placed with the “Fill with Placeholder Text” command). All paragraphs should start with a 2-line Drop Cap, be Left Justified, and should be double-spaced (adjust the leading), have the tracking (space between letters), the text vertical width and horizontal height adjusted.
- When your document meets all the requirements, save it to the “YOUR NAME – Week 2” document.
- Upload a copy to the Google Classroom assignment titled “InDesign Week 2” by end of day, Friday, September 1st.
Assigned: Tuesday August 29th, 2023
Teacher Pacing Due Date: September 1st, 2023