InDesign Secrets
Adobe InDesign tips, techniques and insider info from Anne-Marie Concepcion and David Blatner.

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Fonts:

  • Great Fonts To Use:
    • CreativePro Font Collection #1: https://creativepro.com/creativepro-font-collection-vol-1/
    • Font Collection #2: https://creativepro.com/creativepro-font-collection-vol-2/
    • Our awesome "InDesignSecrets Font Collection" on Adobe Fonts: https://fonts.adobe.com/collections/indesign-20
    • Google Fonts: https://creativepro.com/using-google-fonts-indesign/
    • Adobe Fonts: https://creativepro.com/using-adobe-fonts/
  • Font Tools
    • Astute Graphics Vector First Aid: https://astutegraphics.com/plugins/vectorfirstaid
    • Justin's "Copy InDesign Fonts to Folder" script: https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2013/04/16/copy-indesign-fonts-to-folder/
  • Identifying Fonts:
    • What the Font: https://www.myfonts.com/pages/whatthefont
    • How to identify fonts: https://creativepro.com/identifying-fonts/
  • Glyphs panel:
    • Learning about the Glyphs panel: https://creativepro.com/get-know-indesigns-glyphs-panel/
    • Tips: https://creativepro.com/tip-week-glyphs-panel-display/
    • Finding characters: https://creativepro.com/find-characters-using-the-glyphs-panel/
    • Custom glyph sets: https://creativepro.com/working-with-custom-glyph-sets/
    • Laura Worthington's Hummingbird font: https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/hummingbird
  • Making Fonts:
    • IndyFont: https://www.indiscripts.com/post/2012/06/indyfont-build-opentype-fonts-from-within-indesign
    • If you have a LinkedIn Learning subscription: our video on IndyFont: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/indesign-secrets/055-making-a-font-with-indesign-using-the-indyfont-script?u=0
    • FontSelf in Illustrator: https://creativepro.com/create-fonts-illustrator-cc-fontself/
  • Installing Fonts:
    • Document Fonts folder: https://creativepro.com/easy-font-activation-using-document-fonts/
    • InDesign application's Fonts folder: https://creativepro.com/getting-indesign-to-see-your-fonts/
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