A MAGAZINE FOR DESIGNER PAST AND PRESENT Type 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 FONTS Pairing 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 06/12 $ 4.99 ISSUE 2 www.cmykmagazine.com QUARTERLY
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a m a g a z i n e f o r d e s i g n e r
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
06/12 $ 4.99
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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.
Software Review: InDesign CS5by Stephen Beale
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
Photo by: internet
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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