This is a folder of resources I have made as a graphic designer. Many are not advanced rocket science, they are simple tools that do single jobs.

InDesign used to let you make Character Styles that applied kerning. This is technically wrong, illogical, extremely naughty, and also: sometimes very useful. At some point they made it impossible for you to make new Character Styles in this way, but previously-existing styles still work just fine.

This IDML file contains a number of character styles that will apply kerning — and nothing else — to your text. They range from -1000 to +1000. If you need to apply a global modification to all kerning hack styles, modify "kerning_parent" Character Style.

Run this when you open a new piece of art/design. It will take the current layer settings and make a layer comp named "artist_default" so you can easily revert to the settings the artist used.

In almost all situations you will want to modify layered artwork for your own purposes — removing a background color, lightening the glow/shadow, etc. Saving them as layer comps is often better than re-saving/forking the image, but you always want to be able to back up to what the artist originally intended.