Glyphs Panel – Adobe Illustrator

Opening the Glyphs panel allows you to see all the typographic options such as small caps, flourishes, and more. Learn how to find alternative special characters to amp up your logo design or typography in the video below.

Note: not all typefaces support these OpenType features. The example below contains a wide library of alternates and ligatures.

Artwork Presentation in InDesign

Open up InDesign and enter in your values for your document settings. If you are placing your photograph or artwork onto a 15×15 inch black square, see the image below for the preset details. Once you’re happy, click “Create”.

With the rectangle tool, create a square to cover your whole board, go into the “Properties” panel and set the color to your what you need.

To place your artwork or photography, select either the Frame Tool or Rectangle Tool, hold “SHIFT” as your click and drag where you want your image to be. Click “File” and “Place” to insert your image (or Command/Control+D).

Use the “Align” tool under the “Properties” panel to center your elements. Now you’ve successfully placed your work into InDesign.

Make a Learning Journal in Adobe CC Express (Adobe Spark)

Updated 2/14/2022

The first step is to make sure you are logged into your student Adobe account. Adobe Creative Cloud Express can be found here: https://express.adobe.com/sp. Your home page should look like the image below.

Click on the pink plus sign in the top left corner to start a new project and select Webpage from the menu, under Create new.

From here, you can add a cover photo, a title, subtitle.

Click on the plus signs to add elements like text and images. Format text by highlighting it to bring up the text menu.

Format an image by clicking on it to bring up the image menu. You can have it display inline (small and centered), take up the full width of the page, or create a “window” that only displays part of the image.

Adobe CC Express offers some themes for styling your learning journal. Click on Themes in the upper right corner to select a different theme.

Sharing

When you are ready to submit your journal, click on the Share button at the top of the page. You can either Publish your Express page (make it available to anyone with the link) or Invite a specific Adobe account. If you choose to publish your page, you will need to update the link every time you add a journal entry.