Moorpark College Graphic Design

Before you come to class or in the first 90 minutes:

• Make sure that all of your text and images are organized into one or two folders on your drive.
• Decide on the size and orientation of your pages.
• Decide on your margins and where your page numbering will be placed, as well as the size of the page numbers.
• Choose the fonts/typefaces you will use in your document. Decide on a type size for your chapter headings and running text.
• Make thumbnails of sample pages. Begin with the front matter…title page, copyright page, table of contents, introduction, acknowledgements. Then make a thumbnail for chapter headers and running text/illustration pages.

Tonight’s class will consist of instruction on how to set up your document and begin the layout process for your portfolio book. You will be expected to make an appointment to visit the OCPW studio to print and bind your final project prior to Dec. 10th where you will have hands-on experience in the production process.

White Space read Chapter 15, pp. 219-243

1. Master Pages – page palette, page size
   page numbering
2. Guides and grids – margins (1,6) (review)
3. Working with Images in InDesign – sizing and cropping (review)
4. Typography and typographic Heirarchy
5. Text Wrap (1,6)
6. Flowing text in InDesign
7. PaginationPreparing an InDesign document to print (review)
8. Export PDF – embedded, compressed bitmaps (review)
9. Package – includes original font files and graphics (1,5,6) (review)
10. Introduction to Adobe Acrobat (review)
11. Printing and proofing your book
12. Editing the InDesign File (1,6)

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