Today’s Plan:
- Crucible Design Timeline
- Title Page
- Threading Content
- Using Paragraph Styles
- Working with Layers
- Questions?
Crucible Design Timeline
The Crucible design project is due next Thursday at midnight. Here’s how I hope things work:
- Tues (3/26): Title Pages, Threading Content, Paragraph Styles, Working with Layers, Questions
- Thurs (3/28): Typography overhaul [emphasis on readability: font pairings, leading, tracking, kerning, widows and orphans. NOTE: typical print line-length is 70-80 characters.]
- Tues (4/2): Page Numbers, Automated Table of Contents. For now, you can leave a space for the page numbers (Insert > [this requires that you have used a “title” paragraph style for all titles in your document]
Here is a link to the class notes with page dimensions.
A useful keyboard shortcut in InDesign: CTRL + Mouse Wheel
For convenience, here is the link to the project files.
Title Pages
I have uploaded the Lulu template (there is a .psd and a .indd option)
Remember that the cover has to include a Crucible logo (Bearistotle).
Note that the Lulu Design Guidebook has info on the spine.
Another reminder that you are welcome to make original art for the cover.
Threading Content and Setting Up Paragraph Styles
A quick demonstration: applying a paragraph style to your titles will make the ToC generation easier.
Working with Layers
Another quick demonstration.
Questions?
If there is something you would like me to demonstrate on Thursday or address, then let me know.
Homework
For Thursday’s class, try and thread all of your content into InDesign. We will be working on typography in class on Thursday.
