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Layout Basics: Using Grids for Consistency
Features: Written by Christian Nelson Katherine McCray on May 23, 2003
A grid serves as the skeleton of your layout, giving it structure, order, and balance. Programs such as Adobe PageMaker provide you with the tools to set up grids quickly and easily. But no matter which page-layout application you use, you'll find a use for grids.
Better Typography Through Automation
Features: Written by Christian Nelson on July 6, 2000
In this article, we'll show you how to take your typographic quality up a few notches without expending a lot of time and effort in the process.
Bringing a Spot Color from Photoshop to QuarkXPress
Features: Written by Christian Nelson on July 5, 2000
In the old days before the introduction of Photoshop 5, one of the fastest ways to start a heated discussion was to ask a group of designers how to print a spot color out of a Photoshop file. If you already knew the answer, it was fun to watch the others squirm, as they incorrectly argued that it was easy even though they couldn't quite explain how they'd go about it.