/swift-layout

base files for InDesign layouts

Swift Documents

Use these files as a base for all of your InDesign page layout needs.

Master Pages

The following master pages are available for use:

  • [None] You've seen this before. It provides the same kind of layout it always does, none. Use this if you need to get as far away from the Swift Layout as possible.
  • 2C-2 Column The default layout is a 2 column landscape.
  • VH1C-vertical half page Use an image with bleed on the three outer edges and a single column to draw attention to your important image.
  • SH1C-square, half page image Use an image with bleed on only the spine-opposite edge and a single column.
  • 2Stk-two stacked, horizontal images Use this layout when you need to display two longer images on a single page.
  • 4C-s-four column, spread spanning image A long, thin image spans the top of the entire spread, leaving the rest of the space for four columns (two per page).

Paragraph Styles

  • [Basic Paragraph] has taken the place of simliar "Default" or "Normal" paragraph styles in word processing programs. Use this to make a basic paragraph.
  • Headings houses all of the heading type styles in Swift Layout.
    • Title is used for declaring titles of articles.
    • Heading 1 is used for the top level heading(s) of an article.
    • Heading 2 is used for the main sections within a heading of an article.
    • Heading 3 is used for the sub-sections withn Heading 2.
  • Captions houses all of the caption type styles. Captions are used to provide context to images, charts, and graphs.
    • Caption is for the body of the caption.
    • Catpion Title is for the title of the caption.

Character Styles

  • [None] Does about what you'd expect. It removes any declared character styles from the active text.
  • Strong Is used to call attention to important terms within flow of the body copy (aka, the [Basic Paragraph]s).
  • Code Is used to mark-up inline code within your document. For example, a reference to the <img /> tag may be most appropriate if displayed as code.