indesign typographic help?
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- minsukito
hello print designers!
I'm designing a book and a little amateur on the typographic/indesign side.
I remember there was a method of aligning the first type/letter of each line of a paragraph, but I can't seem to remember.
Could someone please help! (I'm trying to get those first letters vertically perfect!)
Thanks!
- Amicus0
go to Windows > Type > Story and set the point size that works for your type.
- monospaced0
I don't understand the problem. By default type is left justified.
- baseline_shift0
Is this for indentation? If it is, use tabs.
- tabs palate. you can optically adjust the distance.baseline_shift
- capn_ron0
command |
the vertical line above the return key.
- i find this is easier than tabs for paragraphs.capn_ron
- †baseline_shift
- holy CROSS!capn_ron
- minsukito0
its for that perfect left justified bodies of text.
ill try the windows type story!
thanx
- minsukito0
hmmm. not working???
- doesnotexist0
that story palette is the fucking shit, I love it.
- monospaced0
Seriously, what are you trying to do?
- minsukito0
ok for example
If this is a body of text
And I have a few lines
Like this.
I would like to align...A way to align the above text along the left alignment, so the capital letters - i.e. the first letters - I, A, L, I
I remember some guy taught me in indesign, without cutting them up into seperate text boxes.
- monospaced0
Dude, you're explaining exactly what I'm seeing right here. WTF?
- johndiggity0
as said above, optical align in the story palette. start putting larger pt. values in the box and see what happens.
- Should make the optical alignment the same point size as the type itself.monospaced
- capn_ron0
I'm a little confused here too? Guess I don't understand what you are asking. Use tabs, or put your cursor next to the letter you want to align against and then hit command \
- that is the indent to here function. he wants all his type to align left, to the letter, not just the default left-justify.johndiggity
- think hanging-punctuation alignment, without the punctuation.johndiggity
- a-ha! i see. now it makes sense. thanks.capn_ron