Tag Archives: TypeKit

It’s time to harangue Adobe…about fonts

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There has been a brouhaha building as designers around the world are realizing that Adobe has shot itself in the foot. InDesign Secrets has an article today which covers most of the issues: Adobe Drops Fonts, Leaves Users Stranded by:  David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepcion | August 21, 2015 If you have installed the standards sets of fonts from your old software releases: CS2 through CS6, make sure you keep a back up. InDesign CC (2015) does not install them … Continue reading →

InDesign CC ePUBs now handle floating graphics fairly well

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There are always going to be complaints. But I can do everything I want to do with anchored graphics right now. With one major exception: It’s hard to predict what will happen with a graphic crossing a page break. If it’s floating, it may just not render. I can understand that. I really don’t have any idea how to handle that. But I can simply change my graphic so it doesn’t float and the page break will … Continue reading →

ePUB production just took a major leap upward with InDesign CC9.2

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The new InDesign CC9.2, released this week, gives us much to be happy about as book publishers Most of the changes affect book production. The long-promised TypeKit integration is now available with over 700 Adobe TypeKit fonts freely usable and licensed for print, Web, and ebook as part of Creative Cloud. It runs much faster. There has been a major reworking of the hyperlinks panel to simplify its use. There’s a full featured QR code generator. There is … Continue reading →