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Class InDesign #35: Font, Font Style, Size, and Leading: Basics of Text Content Typography

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InDesign Tutorial: basics of typography, selecting fonts, font style, text content size, leading, Character panel. Episode 35 of the Complete Adobe InDesign Series.

Software: Adobe InDesign
Level: Beginner
Duration: ± 4 min
Series total: 6 h 7 min · 104 videos
Published: October 28, 2026

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Class InDesign #35: Font, Font Style, Size, and Leading: Basics of Text Content Typography: Cover: InDesign Class #35: Font, Font Style, Size, and Leading: Basic Text Typography

Class InDesign #35: Font, Font Style, Size, and Leading: Basics of Text Content Typography: Before you start, steps list, and Step 1

Class InDesign #35: Font, Font Style, Size, and Leading: Basics of Text Content Typography: Steps 2–3: Font Family and Style

Class InDesign #35: Font, Font Style, Size, and Leading: Basics of Text Content Typography: Steps 4–5: Leading

Class InDesign #35: Font, Font Style, Size, and Leading: Basics of Text Content Typography: Step 6: Comparing Fonts

Class InDesign #35: Font, Font Style, Size, and Leading: Basics of Text Content Typography: Done: Final Result and Further Practice

Cover: InDesign Class #35: Font, Font Style, Size, and Leading: Basic Text Typography

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Introduction

This is what we'll set up in this episode: font, font style, size, and leading for readable body text, as well as a contrasting title. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the Complete Adobe InDesign Series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Typography determines whether people are comfortable reading. The four most basic settings are font, font style, size, and leading.

Step 1: Plain Text

Open the article file. All the text is still using the default 12-point setting without a title distinction. Select all body text with Type 2, then open the Character panel with Ctrl T.

Step 2: Font Family and Style

In the font family box, select Georgia. Georgia is a serif font designed to be comfortable to read at smaller sizes. The box below is the font style: regular, italic, bold, and bold italic. For body text, select regular.

Step 3: Text Body Size

Change the size to 10 points. For magazines and brochures, body text is usually 9 to 11 points. Below 8 points is hard to read, and above 12 points feels like children's book text.

Step 4: Leading

Leading is the space between lines, measured from baseline to the next baseline. The value in parentheses means auto, which is 120% of the font size. Set the leading to 15 points to make the lines more spacious and make it easier for the eyes to move to the next line.

Step 5: Sans Serif Title

Click the title three times to select it. Change the font to Kum Sans with the bold style and size 32 points. Leading 34 points. The contrast between the thick sans serif title and the serif body text creates an immediate hierarchy. Try temporarily changing the body text to Open Sans, another sans serif font that is also comfortable on the screen.

Step 6: Comparing Fonts

Compare the two impressions. Serif feels classic and editorial, sans serif feels modern. Select the one that suits the publication's character, then return to George.

Done!

Done. We have set the font family and style, text content size, leading, contrasting titles, and compared serif with sans serif. In the next episode, we will set paragraph alignment and indentation. Need a layout design for a magazine, book, brochure, product catalog, company profile, or annual report? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides layout and print design services, as well as opening InDesign courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master the entire series, 104 episodes from the interface to magazine and book projects? All episodes, complete with step-by-step PDF guides, exercise files, and project files, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy a single class with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com. Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com. Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.

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0:03Introduction

0:33Step 1: Plain Text

0:50Step 2: Font Family and Style

1:08Step 3: Text Body Size

1:24Step 4: Leading

1:44Step 5: Sans Serif Title

2:09Step 6: Comparing Fonts

2:22Done!

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0:03Introduction

0:33Step 1: Plain Text

0:50Step 2: Font Family and Style

1:08Step 3: Text Body Size

1:24Step 4: Leading

1:44Step 5: Sans Serif Title

2:09Step 6: Comparing Fonts

2:22Done!

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Introduction

Step 1: Plain Text

Step 2: Font Family and Style

Step 3: Text Body Size

Step 4: Leading

Step 5: Sans Serif Title

Step 6: Comparing Fonts

Done!

Introduction

Step 1: Plain Text

Step 2: Font Family and Style

Step 3: Text Body Size

Step 4: Leading

Step 5: Sans Serif Title

Step 6: Comparing Fonts

Done!