This fully updated guide shows you how to create beautiful type with Adobe InDesign.

Focuses exclusively on typographic capabilities of InDesign.

Includes complete coverage of new typographical InDesign CS5 features.

InDesign expert Nigel French explains the how's and why's of good typography. It's no mystery why InDesign has become the premier page layout program: It offers great tools, including friendly yet-sophisticated typographic controls. Here to show users how to take advantage of them is the long-awaited update to the book devoted solely to that topic.

Everyone, from graphics pros migrating from QuarkXPress, to hobbyists producing fancy invites and book-length projects, will appreciate this guide's finely tuned focus on everything typographic. To take full advantage of InDesign's typographic tools, readers must understand the principles guiding their use.

Author Nigel French recognizes this and addresses both the whys and the hows of good typography. Using practical examples, loads of tips, and sidebars to provide additional detail, Nigel provides a comprehensive overview of all of InDesign's type features, including new features in InDesign CS5: the ability to have text span columns, custom borders on frames, live captions, Bridge integration, and the ability to track text changes.

French illustrates every single feature discussed with an example. Every chapter had at least one or two pieces of advice that can be immediately applied to your work. Starting with character formats and then moving through paragraph formats, styles and effects, and layouts, this textbook teaches all the skills users need to produce beautiful type.