InDesign for Book Layout

The short course InDesign for Book Layout is ideal for beginner graphic designers who want to focus on book design or large-scale publications. Graphic designers with experience who wish to refine their workflow will also find valuable insights here. A lack of technical knowledge should never limit your creativity.

In this course, you will learn, among other things:
– how to set up your computer and InDesign for proper typography and book layout
– how to use color profiles for print production
– how to import and prepare large texts for layout
– how to work with styles (character, paragraph, object, and nested styles)
– basic principles of book design and typography
– how to build a solid baseline grid and layout structure
– the components of a book and how to design them (front matter, table of contents, footnotes, back matter including bibliography and index, etc.)

The sessions will also include hands-on exercises.