Although Adobe announced InDesign CS3 this week , it will be a while before it nonplus into general use in the field of honor . In the meantime , here are a few of my favorite tips for working with text in the current version of InDesign :
Fine-tuning superscripts and subscripts
To fix it , go to the InDesign carte and select Preferences – > Advanced Type . Under Character preferences , change the values for Superscript to 52 % for size and 30 % for placement . For Subscript , switch the value to 52 % for sizing and 0 % for position and hit OK .
You should now see the very same text adjusted to your newfangled options as seen in Figure 2 below . note that the 1 and 2 are both a morsel smaller , but the 2 is absolutely aligned to the service line of the schoolbook . This look so much better , and requires no effort on your part once you adjust the preferences . You may decide to adjust the gash by choosing a different font system of weights , or even thin out the size a bit if you wish , but I like it just the way it is .
You could align these on a per - document ground , but if you change the preferences when you have no written document open , the circumstance will employ to all young documents .
And , if you ’re using OpenType fonts with fractions , you could create paragraph or eccentric style that InDesign can automatically change as you create your textbook . Just verify that Fractions is checked in the OpenType Features pane of the Character Style Options duologue box .
Check your kerning
An alternative drop cap treatment
When I apply drop caps , I use a dim-witted InDesign feature call “ Indent to Here ” which crap the fall cap alphabetic character a hanging indenture in the paragraph . In some instances , this can be much more effective than the traditional drop detonating machine , but it ’s strictly a design call . See the example below for what I ’m speak about .
The first paragraph uses the drop chapiter without the Indent to Here feature . The second paragraph I placed my cursor just before the second varsity letter of the paragraph and type Command – ( backslash ) . The remaining text in the paragraph aligns automatically to the second letter of the paragraph in the first line . you could have the schoolbook align anywhere you wish , just commit the cursor in the first descent of schoolbook where you need the remaining text to ordinate to .
Great looking case is subjective , so your thought of it may not be the same as mine or your client . These point sure wo n’t give you absolutely gross typography , but they ’ll place you well on your way with picayune attempt .
[ James Dempsey runs theCreative Guyweblog , which tender tips , thaumaturgy and opinion on a variety of design topics . ]
