Layout & Print Design
Adobe InDesign: Professional Layout and Publication Design
Design publications that look like they came from a professional studio
12 lessons4 modules9h 3m durationintermediate level
About this course
Adobe InDesign is the industry standard for print and publication design, yet most users only scratch the surface of its real power. This course digs into the features that make production work fast, consistent, and client-ready: master pages, paragraph and character styles, baseline grids, advanced typography, swatch management, and complete prepress packaging. You will work through realistic projects — a tri-fold brochure, a magazine spread, a multi-chapter book — so every skill lands in a professional context. By the end you will be producing work that looks polished, holds up under print scrutiny, and can be handed off to any print vendor without rework.
Curriculum
Module 1: Document Architecture: Masters, Grids, and Structure
- Master Pages That Actually WorkPreview
- Column Grids and Baseline Grids🔒
- Sections, Numbering, and Long-Document Navigation🔒
Module 2: Style Systems: Paragraph, Character, and Object Styles
- Building a Paragraph Style System from Scratch🔒
- Character Styles, Nested Styles, and GREP Styles🔒
- Object Styles and Repeatable Layout Elements🔒
Module 3: Typography at a Professional Level
- Advanced Typography: Optical Alignment and Hanging Punctuation🔒
- OpenType Features and Typographic Refinement🔒
- Justification, Hyphenation, and the Paragraph Composer🔒
Module 4: Color, Output, and Prepress
- Color Swatches, Spot Colors, and Tints🔒
- Preflight: Finding and Fixing Problems Before They Reach the Printer🔒
- Packaging, PDF Export, and Handoff to Print🔒
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