I had previously worked on the University of Aberdeen while I was employed at Curious Group. This mainly consisted of helping build the prospectus and creating ads and other university collateral.

This past year I was hired to create the master pages and style sheets for the 2010 Undergraduate Prospectus. The aim for me was to keep as much flexibility in the style sheets as possible, as the client wanted to be able to alter the styles at any time during production. My solution was to build a close-knit hierarchy of text styles using parent/child masters.

I also employed the use of Object Styles. Being able to control small details such as text inset on a feature box used on every page turned out to be a life saver when some of the copy started to run over. Using my Object Styles I was able to decrease the text inset, allowing the copy to fit and every box still was still identical.

To keep thing moving fast I used Find/Change functions utilising GREP commands. This allowed me find all web addresses or phone numbers using a bit of code and instantly change them to bold.

Design by Merchant Soul