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Adobe Indesign CS2. Professional Typography
Part I: Character Formats
Chapter 1. Getting Started
An InDesign Type Map: Where to Find Stuff
Viewing Your Page
Creating a Typography Workspace
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Chapter 2. Going with the Flow
A Blank Sheet: Typing on Your Page
Text Flow
Threading Text Frames
Using Placeholder Text
Pasting Text
Importing Word Text
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Chapter 3. Character Reference
Less is More, Maybe
Type Anatomy
Type Classification
Character Formatting Options
Readability
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Chapter 4. Getting the Lead Out
How Much Is Enough?
(Not) Using Auto Leading
Keep It Consistent, Except. . .
Leading Menu Options and Keyboard Shortcuts
See Also
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Chapter 5. Kern, Baby, Kern
When to Kern
Metrics Kerning
Optical Kerning
Manual Kerning
How Much to Kern
Tracking
When to Track
Controlling Widows and Orphans
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Chapter 6. Sweating the Small Stuff: Special Characters, White Space, and Glyphs
Typographer's Quotes
Apostrophes
Dashes
Ellipses
End Marks
White Space Characters
The Glyphs Palette
Footnotes
Footnote Options
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Chapter 7. OpenType: The New Frontier in Font Technology
Ligatures
Discretionary Ligatures
Ordinals/Raised and Lowered Characters
Swash Characters
Titling Alternates
Small Caps
Fractions
Oldstyle Figures
Contextual Alternates
Opticals
Glyph Positioning
Stylistic Sets
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Part II: Paragraph Formats
Chapter 8. Aligning Your Type
Centering Type
Clean Shaven or Rugged: Justified vs. Ragged Type
How InDesign Justifies Type
Balancing Ragged Lines
Right-Aligned Type
Optical Margin Alignment
Indent to Here
Vertical Alignment
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Chapter 9. Paragraph Indents and Spacing
First-Line Indents
Space Before and Space After
Paragraph Indents
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Chapter 10. First Impressions: Creating Great Opening Paragraphs
Creating a Simple Drop Cap
Drop Cap Aesthetics
Tricks with Drop Caps
Coming Unstuck with Drop Caps
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Chapter 11. Don't Fear the Hyphen
Hyphenation Options
Discretionary Hyphens and Nonbreaking Hyphens
Hyphenation and User Dictionaries
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Chapter 12. Mastering Tabs and Tables
Setting Tabs
Creating Decimal Tabs
Using Tab Leaders
Reply Forms
Numbered Lists
Right Indent Tab
Working with Tables
Creating a Table
Working with Rows and Columns
Working with Table Cells
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Part III: Styles
Chapter 13. Stylin' with Paragraph and Character Styles
Creating Styles
Applying Styles
Editing Styles
Redefining Styles
Creating Default Styles
A Typical Style Sheet
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Chapter 14. Mo' Style
Paragraph Rules
Sequential Styles
Nested Styles
Object Styles
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Part IV: Page Layout
Chapter 15. Setting Up Your Document
Choosing a Page Size
Determining Margins
Determining Column Width
Changing Columns
Break Characters
Page Numbers
Section Markers
Layers
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Chapter 16. Everything in Its Right Place: Using Grids
Things to Consider
Your Grid Tool Kit
Calculating the Height of the Type Area
Align to Grid
First Baseline Options
Snap to Guides
Create Guides
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Chapter 17. Text Wraps: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Applying Text Wraps
Wrapping Type Around Irregularly Shaped Graphics
Text Wrap Preferences
Ignoring Text Wrap
Anchored Objects
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Chapter 18. Type Effects
Gradient Type
Stroked Type
Drop Shadows
Custom Type with Create Outlines
Path Type
Vertical (Stacked) Alignment
Transparency Effects
Shaping Text Frames
Sheared Type
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