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- non0
Need more tips guys, keep it coming!
- baseline_shift0
when setting headline copy, i almost always make punctuation 10-20% smaller than the copy. Looks way more comfortable with most faces.
- gramme0
Regardless of what Bringhurst says, I still like em dashes—like so—without no space either side for parenthetical statements in body copy. Occasionally, I'll use a font with a ridiculously long em dash and will have to break this rule; but most well-considered fonts have a modest em dash that automatically sets hair space on either side.
The exception imo is for headlines; sometimes em dashes look overpowering in such settings, like massive diving boards on the page. In such cases I'll sometimes use an en dash with space either side, but again it also depends on the font.
- oey0
BUMP!
- rascuache2
Not really tips on typesetting as a craft, but there's a couple of really obvious/basic Indesign timesavers that I recently learned after years of use:
Last subcontracting gig I was on, the designer in that studio showed me about the "span columns" property/feature in InDesign:
http://indesignsecrets.com/times…
Also "next style" is helpful if you're setting out a lot of very regular text. It automatically applies the paragraph style you specify after a hard return.
- i_monk1
*bump*