Adobe Indesign Font Help

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JennaChambers

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Could anyone help? I'm really new to Indesign (yesterday) and need to complete a large pop up stand design by tomorrow :)mad:). The only problem is that because the pop up stand is so huge and I've set Indesign to the exact dimensions (so I'm seeing about 5% on my screen), the biggest font (72pt) is far too small.

How do I get a bigger font?

Thanks,
Jen
 
It goes up to 72pt in the dropdown menu, but if you type the size in the box it will go bigger :up:
 
Think i was doing it at around 190pt for most text on the banners I did recently if I recall...
 
Aside from typing in a larger font size issue, it's usual to design large format graphics at 1/4 size, printers can usually specify file sizes and sometimes supply template documents for the InDesign, Illustrator, etc, so worth looking into if you need to design another one, next time round :) good luck with the deadline!
 
PeterBarlow said:
oooh, good tip. Only done a few really large pieces for print (printed banners etc) and always done them at full size....
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There's nothing wrong with that Peter, as long as it scales up to 100dpi at full size, so you can do half size at 200dpi, or quarter size at 400dpi, if I can help with the set up or printing of any of these large projects PM me :up:

If your photoshop files are getting a bit big when you save them to email/ftp them to your printers, save it as a photoshop eps with jpeg maximum compression, this will compress the size but with no loss of quality

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Thanks Tom! I usually just put everything together in InDesign (I prefer it for typography) but scale up everything in PS beforehand. As publication design is my thing, InD is the program I most use and feel comfortable with (going to get my ACE in it for CS5...eventually...when it comes out...).

Great tip about the eps!!
 
Would never of used indesign for a pop up banner but agree with that the guys have said here


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