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past and presentType designer Jim Rimmer created a typeface simultaneously as a digital font and as hand cut metal type. Get behind the scenes look at this innovative project.pg. 04

guide to pairing fontsPairing fonts can be a challenge. Let’s see if we can alleviate any headaches.pg. 20

typography, basic?If this subject is relatively new to you, or perhaps something you want to know more about, then this guide can start you on that journey.pg. 42

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Photoshop may be getting most of the attention, but of all the programs in CS5, InDesign is the one that impresses me most. Adobe has added a host of new features that may not be as flashy as Photoshop’s content-aware fill or Repoussé, but promise to improve productivity for a wide range of everyday layout tasks. (See this video for a comprehensive overview of InDesign CS5.) For example, you no longer need to use separate cropping and rotation tools to modify layout frames—it all can be done with the Selection tool, which also lets you quickly apply various corner effects in real time.

Better Productivity

The new grid mode makes it easy to place multiple

picture or text frames on a page. When using the

Text or Rectangle Frame tools, you can hit arrow

keys as you drag across the page to automatically

create a grid of smaller frames. This also works

with imported text or image files. For example, you

can select four image files, create a grid of four

evenly spaced picture frames, and then place the

images in the frames, all in a single operation. If

you’re creating text frames, they’re automatically

linked so the text flows from one to the next.

Another big time saver is the Gap tool, which

lets you scale adjacent images while maintaining

the gaps between them. This is much faster

and easier than modifying the frames one-by-

one with the Selection tool. Holding down the

Shift-Command (Mac) or Shift-Ctrl (PC) keys,

you can use the Gap tool to easily increase or

Software Review

decrease the amount of space between frames.

As with Photoshop CS5, InDesign now features

Mini Bridge, a stripped-down version of Bridge

that lets you browse and open files from within the

application. But it’s even more useful here given the

nature of page layout, since you’re typically working

with a large number of external files. For example

(as with Bridge CS5 itself), you can select another

InDesign document and then see all files linked with

that layout regardless of where they’re located.

Other Updates

This is just a sampling of the productivity

enhancements in this upgrade. Also worth checking

out are the new Layers panel; Document Installed

Fonts; Track Changes function (see the video

demo); and the ability to generate captions from

an image file’s metadata (see the video demo). The

upgrade also adds the ability to mix different page

sizes and orientations within a single document.

Print to Web

With InDesign CS4, Adobe continued moving the

program beyond the printed page by adding the

Stephen Beale has been writing about computer technology since before

many current Adobe employees were born. His first computer was an Osborne 1 powered by steam

turbines and illuminated by gaslight, though his memory is somewhat hazy on this point. He’s the author of seven

books on computer applications in the graphic arts and a former news

and reviews editor for Macworld. He’s currently editor of a website for public relations professionals

in health and medicine. For more information, see his website.

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ability to convert documents into simple Flash

presentations. CS5 extends these capabilities much

further with the new Animation, Timing, Media and

Preview panels, allowing you to create much more

complex presentations that include animation. You

can convert these to Flash movies directly via an

enhanced SWF Export panel, or export them to

Flash Professional for additional modification.

Along with Flash Catalyst, these features provide

new options for designers who want to create

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Merging past and present, type designer Jim

Rimmer created a typeface simultaneously as a

digital font and as hand-cut metal type. Get behine-

the-scenes look at this innovative project.

My main intent in making this type was that it be as beautiful, but as understated, as I could make it.“

“By Tamye Riggs

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In this digital world, the crafts oll the hand

and heart tend to fall by the wayside as tight

deadlines and short attention spans become

the rule rather than the exception. Forays into

letterpress printing, hand lettering and the like can

feed the soul that yearns to create organically, but

few contemporary designers bring these arts into

play in their work. Jim Rimmer is one artist who’s

successfully married modem technology with

the traditions, skills and soul of the “old ways”

A type designer, typographer, illustrator, print

publisher, graphic designer, type founder, teacher

mentor, Rimmer is a modern master of the arts.

Although he officially retired in 1999, the nially busy

Rimmer still runs his own private type foundry in

New Westminster, British (outside Vancouver). His

cozy shop is nestled the Victorian home he’s shared

with his and best friend, Alberta, since 1964.

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Born into Type

Rimmer was destined for a life in the typographic

arts. Born in 1934 to a bookbinder and an iron-

factory worker, Rimmer inherited his father’s love

for drawing and longed to study art formally, but

his father compelled him to take an apprenticeship

as a compositor instead. He spent six years in the

composing room at his grandfather’s print shop in

Vancouver, then went on to study graphic design and

work for several firms before opening his own studio.

Initally unhappy with the career direction thrust

upon him, Rimmer now says, “That was the best

possible thing a father could have done for a son.”

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