Create a template with Readymag
Create a template with Readymag
Сlick the corresponding circle if your workflow meets the requirements
Сlick the corresponding circle if your workflow meets the requirements
Sometimes strange things happen in paragraphs. If you’re serious about type, you already know that a large part of your typesetting time is spent fixing bad line breaks.
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These include:
• ‘I’ at the end of lines—it
should be pushed down to the next line. Use the Alt + Space shortcut to insert non-breaking spaces.
• Any repeated words that
stack at line beginnings or endings.
• ‘Pig bristles’—hyphens
occasionally falling at the end of the line. When these anomalies happen, tweak the spacing to shift things around.
Check for awkward word spacing:
• ‘Rivers’—visual gaps that
run down a paragraph.
• Loose lines—individual
lines containing poorly spaced elements.
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They require manual adjustment: try reworking copy, using non-breaking space (Opt + Space for Mac and Alt + Space for Windows) or tweaking text tracking.
A ‘widow’ is a very short line at the end of a paragraph or column. They’re considered poor typography because widows leave too much white space between paragraphs or at the bottom of a page. This interrupts the reader. ‘Orphans’ are single words or very short lines appearing at the beginning of a column or a page. This results in poor horizontal alignment at the top of the column or page. Fix them by:
• Reworking the rag or
editing the copy.
• Tweak the tracking of the
paragraph or line.
• Adjust the text frame
width to pull short words onto previous lines.
Design templates are especially useful for projects that require a repetitive layout— presentations, blog publications, portfolios, etc. To figure out the ideal specs for your template, start by answering the following questions:
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• What kind of information
are you presenting?
• For what kind of projects
do you imagine using it?
• Will you use the template
yourself or share it with other people?
Design templates are a useful way to save time and help standardize the look and feel of your brand. Readymag enables users to turn any page into a flexible template that can be used to speed up build-time on future projects.
In this checklist, we summarize some of the main points that will help you create a reusable dummy template from scratch.
Design templates are a useful way to save time and help standardize the look and feel of your brand. Readymag enables users to turn any page into a flexible template that can be used to speed up build-time on future projects.
In this checklist, we summarize some of the main points that will help you create a reusable dummy template from scratch.
Design templates are a useful way to save time and help standardize the look and feel of your brand. Readymag enables users to turn any page into a flexible template that can be used to speed up build-time on future projects.
In this checklist, we summarize some of the main points that will help you create a reusable dummy template from scratch.
Create a template with Readymag
Сlick the corresponding circle if your workflow meets the requirements
Set your goals
Set your goals
Set your goals
Design templates are especially useful for projects that require a repetitive layout—presentations, blog publications, portfolios, etc. To figure out the ideal specs for your template, start by answering the following questions:
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• What kind of information are you presenting?
• For what kind of projects do you imagine using it?
• Will you use the template yourself or share
it with other people?
Design templates are especially useful for projects that require a repetitive layout—presentations, blog publications, portfolios, etc. To figure out the ideal specs for your template, start by answering the following questions:
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• What kind of information are you presenting?
• For what kind of projects do you imagine using it?
• Will you use the template yourself or share
it with other people?
Design templates are especially useful for projects that require a repetitive layout—presentations, blog publications, portfolios, etc. To figure out the ideal specs for your template, start by answering the following questions:
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• What kind of information are you presenting?
• For what kind of projects do you imagine using it?
• Will you use the template yourself or share
it with other people?
Find inspiration
Find inspiration
Find inspiration
Readymag offers a handful of premade design dummies for various types of projects. Take a closer look for inspiration and pay attention to key design elements—grid layout, body and copy fonts, buttons, navigation. Which of these elements might be useful in your template?
Readymag offers a handful of premade design dummies for various types of projects. Take a closer look for inspiration and pay attention to key design elements—grid layout, body and copy fonts, buttons, navigation. Which of these elements might be useful in your template?
Readymag offers a handful of premade design dummies for various types of projects. Take a closer look for inspiration and pay attention to key design elements—grid layout, body and copy fonts, buttons, navigation. Which of these elements might be useful in your template?
Create the structure
Create the structure
Create the structure
Designing a template in Readymag is similar to designing a regular project: first, you should figure out a basic structure. Think about how texts, images and captions will align with the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid. Invent your own visual rhythm to make the layout look consistent.
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Designing a template in Readymag is similar to designing a regular project: first, you should figure out a basic structure. Think about how texts, images and captions will align with the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid. Invent your own visual rhythm to make the layout look consistent.
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Designing a template in Readymag is similar to designing a regular project: first, you should figure out a basic structure. Think about how texts, images and captions will align with the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid. Invent your own visual rhythm to make the layout look consistent.
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Set styles
Set styles
Set styles
In Readymag, text and link styles are premade sets of character formatting attributes, such as font choice and size, that can be applied in one click. Ensure that you’ve set styles in your template so that it has a consistent layout: once you change font parameters, they will update throughout your project.
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In Readymag, text and link styles are premade sets of character formatting attributes, such as font choice and size, that can be applied in one click. Ensure that you’ve set styles in your template so that it has a consistent layout: once you change font parameters, they will update throughout your project.
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In Readymag, text and link styles are premade sets of character formatting attributes, such as font choice and size, that can be applied in one click. Ensure that you’ve set styles in your template so that it has a consistent layout: once you change font parameters, they will update throughout your project.
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Observe sensitive aspects
Observe sensitive aspects
Observe sensitive aspects
To make using your template seamless, pay attention to the following configuration details.
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SEO settings
Navigation via headings is the most important way to locate information for people who rely on assistive technology. Don’t forget that anytime you add a template page to a project and refill the content, you should manually specify heading levels.
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Sharing settings
The same goes for page sharing settings: once a template page is added to a project and refilled, you should manually specify sharing settings.
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Need to export as a PDF?
Don't engage animations if you’re planning to use your template for projects that will be downloaded as a PDF, as it will not render. Also avoid the Scale layout setting and don’t make widgets fixed—both features won’t work for PDFs.
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To make using your template seamless, pay attention to the following configuration details.
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SEO settings
Navigation via headings is the most important way to locate information for people who rely on assistive technology. Don’t forget that anytime you add a template page to a project and refill the content, you should manually specify heading levels.
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Sharing settings
The same goes for page sharing settings: once a template page is added to a project and refilled, you should manually specify sharing settings.
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Need to export as a PDF?
Don't engage animations if you’re planning to use your template for projects that will be downloaded as a PDF, as it will not render. Also avoid the Scale layout setting and don’t make widgets fixed—both features won’t work for PDFs.
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To make using your template seamless, pay attention to the following configuration details.
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SEO settings
Navigation via headings is the most important way to locate information for people who rely on assistive technology. Don’t forget that anytime you add a template page to a project and refill the content, you should manually specify heading levels.
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Sharing settings
The same goes for page sharing settings: once a template page is added to a project and refilled, you should manually specify sharing settings.
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Need to export as a PDF?
Don't engage animations if you’re planning to use your template for projects that will be downloaded as a PDF, as it will not render. Also avoid the Scale layout setting and don’t make widgets fixed—both features won’t work for PDFs.
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Turn pages into templates
Turn pages into templates
Turn pages into templates
When the page is ready, it’s time to turn it into a reusable template: open the Page menu, click ‘Templates’ in the bottom right corner, choose ‘My templates’ and then click on ‘Create template from page’. Voila! To add a saved template to a project in your account, go back to the Pages menu and select it from the ‘My Templates’ collection.
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When the page is ready, it’s time to turn it into a reusable template: open the Page menu, click ‘Templates’ in the bottom right corner, choose ‘My templates’ and then click on ‘Create template from page’. Voila! To add a saved template to a project in your account, go back to the Pages menu and select it from the ‘My Templates’ collection.
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When the page is ready, it’s time to turn it into a reusable template: open the Page menu, click ‘Templates’ in the bottom right corner, choose ‘My templates’ and then click on ‘Create template from page’. Voila! To add a saved template to a project in your account, go back to the Pages menu and select it from the ‘My Templates’ collection.
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Share with others
Share with others
Share with others
There are several ways that you can share your new template with other users. You can turn it into an independent project, then copy and transfer to another account. When the template is moved, it will appear as a regular project and the account owner can turn it into a template himself. Second, you can create a new project in your account and add collaborators: that way, they’ll be able to use the templates from your personal collection.
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There are several ways that you can share your new template with other users. You can turn it into an independent project, then copy and transfer to another account. When the template is moved, it will appear as a regular project and the account owner can turn it into a template himself. Second, you can create a new project in your account and add collaborators: that way, they’ll be able to use the templates from your personal collection.
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There are several ways that you can share your new template with other users. You can turn it into an independent project, then copy and transfer to another account. When the template is moved, it will appear as a regular project and the account owner can turn it into a template himself. Second, you can create a new project in your account and add collaborators: that way, they’ll be able to use the templates from your personal collection.
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Tracking is another effective method of spatial adjustment, much like kerning, but focused on adjusting space uniformly over a range of characters. Tracking works especially well on headings and subheadings that need to be ultra-legible, affecting the visual density of a word, phrase or paragraph:
• Large text sizes have to be
tracked, always in negative values, because the space between letters gets bigger as the text grows.
• Tracking in positive values
is useful when you want to emphasize words and is commonly used for capitalized text.
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Just like kerning, tracking is font dependent—one measure does not fit all text sizes and font types.