Episode 082
Podcast 082
• Do’s and Don’ts of Text in InDesign: Double spaces and returns, proper use of character styles, case changes, discretionary hyphens, text framitis, more
• The Strange Case of the Space-Eating Hair Space
Listen on Apple PodcastsInDesignSecrets-082.mp3 (14.6 MB, 31:50 minutes)
- Do’s and Don’ts of Text in InDesign: Double spaces and returns, proper use of character styles, case changes, discretionary hyphens, text framitis, more
- The Strange Case of the Space-Eating Hair Space
- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Join
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
- Anne-Marie’s presenting two InDesign sessions at the Creative Transitions conference (Milwaukee, WI; Aug 13-15); enter AMC0808 on the conference registration page for a $100 discount
- David’s original post, Do’s and Don’ts of Text in InDesign
- Robin Williams’ The Mac is Not a Typewriter or The PC is Not a Typewriter
- Nigel French’s InDesign Type: Professional Typography in Adobe InDesign
- The Chicago Manual of Style (U of Chicago Press staff)
- Lynne Truss’s Eats, Shoots & Leaves
- William Strunk’s The Elements of Style
- Robert Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style
- Teacup Software’s TypeFitter plug-in
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