InDesign typo wankery 99 Responses

Last post: 5 months, 1 week ago | Thread started: Jun 26, 08, 8:51 a.m.

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• lajj

  ok.
  i got this unsolved mystery in IDCS3.

  When I choose Corpid CAPS it is showing me a weird glyph instead of the single quotation mark.

  If I change for the REGULAR one, the "À" is going crazy.

  I cant find/change the weird "D" glyph because ID dont "find" any, although there are like hundreds of them. Its a 100+ pages document. The good glyph exists, but wont show right if I get text from Word.

  This is happening only in ID, CS1 and 3 and all is good in Quark. But I refuse to work in Quark. Its a PS font.

  

  This is as far as my english brings me
  thanks

  Jun 26, 08, 8:51 a.m. – Permalink

• drgs

  glyphs in the font could be mixed up
  try the same in word, or other app

  • so its ok everywhere exept in Illustrator, the glyph simply does not show...– lajj

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 8:59 a.m. – Permalink

• lele

  Does Corpid CAPS include any "Phonetic" style in the font package?

  • nope. only from light-light italic to heavy-heavy italic– lajj

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 9:11 a.m. – Permalink

• jaylarson

  Have you looked in the Glyphs pallet in InDesign?

  • yep, but it wont solve my problem. I have a ton of them and the find/change wont work– lajj1/3

    with this symbol– lajj2/3

    the weird D, I mean– lajj3/3

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 9:19 a.m. – Permalink

• lumedia

  Dont copy from Word. Just type it manually. I am always inclined to blame microsoft.

  • Even when I type, it wont show right. Exept if I manually insert the good glyph from the palette– lajj1/2

    but I cant do that on 100 pages.
    Or maybe I can hire a couple of monkeys– lajj2/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 9:30 a.m. – Permalink

• jaylarson

  It sounds like you may have a corrupt font. I am unsure. But if it is the case, talk with the font foundry (or where the font was purchased from) and they should compensate you with a correct font.

  • yeah I'm affraid I'll have to do this.
    this sucks.
    thanks though– lajj

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 9:44 a.m. – Permalink

• Gucci

  First: Copy and paste the recurring element into your find/replace window.I think the issue here can be resolved with a find/replace of your problem glyph – ID allows for you to replace something with "typographer's quotes" which is what it looks like you want. You can replace with "typographers quotations" from one of the small flyout menus from the find/replace pallette.

  Let me know if this helps.

  Second: take a screenshot of your find/replace window and post it here because you might have a checkbox or something else strange marked off that shouldn't be.

  • good idea– jaylarson1/2

    I'm on it– lajj2/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 11:05 a.m. – Permalink

• lajj

  the problem is, when I copy and paste the bastard in the find/change, it looks fine as you can see
  

  

  and if I get it from the Glyph palette and choose "load Glyph in find", ID cant find a match
  

  

  • everything in the "Quotation Marks" change submenu give me crap. exept the straight QM– lajj1/2

    but I want the apostrophe, and it return me a weird glyph again– lajj2/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 11:28 a.m. – Permalink

• Gucci

  Hm, that IS odd.

  If it's trying to tell you that the weird "D" is actually an apostrophe, then what I would do is change all of the apostrophe D's to another typeface in the family and then change it back to see if it's just some weird thing that will be quickly corrected by a switcheroo.

  Here's the flyout menu I was talking about earlier.
  

  

  Use ID's flyout menu in the find/change window to insert your apostrophe's.

  Let me know if that does anything for you.

  (I'd try it with the typeface you're using to see if it's an issue with that face in particular, but I don't have it. I used whitney instead)

  • yeah I tried that menu to get to the apostrophe but no good result. It chaged the weird D– lajj1/2

    for the same thing– lajj2/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 1:32 p.m. – Permalink

• lajj

  well the changing the font option didnt went well.
  The flyout menu option for find/change didnt worked.

  SO, I changed all the "corpid caps" in my document for a true Type version on the font. Worked. (wish I had the Open type one)
  Thanks alot for the help and now I have to find a way to bill the last 3 1/2 hours to my client.

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 1:53 p.m. – Permalink