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Samaraweera207

: Creating an elongated text effect What is the most efficient way to achieve an effect such as the one pictured below?

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Goswami567

: How much control over line breaks should I exercise in a formal letter? How much control over line breaks should I exercise in a formal letter? I have a quote of the text of an email message,

Posted in: #Appearance #Typesetting

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Kimberly620

: Software with automatic kerning? I'm working on a logotype in Sketch and has set some text in Futura. Unfortunately the kerning looks quite bad and I'm not skilled enough to correct it manually

Posted in: #Kerning #Typesetting

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Turnbaugh909

: Curved text with book pages photoshop Well, I have always had difficulties in this aspect of turning text to leave perfectly allied with the curvatures of the book pages, I am using Photoshop

Posted in: #AdobePhotoshop #Typesetting

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Cooney243

: Ghost text breaks Many times I have encountered this, and the only way I can fix it is to retype text in a separate box and place it on top. I have tried clearing overrides and manually

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Typesetting

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Vandalay110

: How could letters overlap in manual typesetting? Generally speaking, ascenders and descenders should not touch each other in the text body. This is self-explanatory as it could lead to text that

Posted in: #History #PrintDesign #TraditionalMedia #Typesetting #Typography

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Goswami567

: InDesign: hard return to move to the next text frame? Is there a way to set a hard return to move to the next text frame, so if I copied a page of text, every hard return would move to

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Text #Typesetting

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Gloria351

: I'm looking to replicate reports that similar-looking to these. Any ideas how it can be done? Reports like these: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalRisks_Report_2014.pdf https://www.bmwgroup.com/content/dam/bmw-group-websites/bmwgr

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Latex #Typesetting

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Cugini998

: InDesign paragraph styles problem I'm typesetting a document in InDesign, copy/pasting from a TextEdit file that I copy/pasted into from a client-supplied PDF. Not sure if its the greatest workflow,

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Pdf #Typesetting

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Fox8063795

: What is an "Eber rule?" (Ruler to measure type) I heard someone mention a tool that was used for specifying type in the pre-computer days, called an "Eber rule." What was it and how was

Posted in: #Tools #Typesetting

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Cugini998

: The lesser of two evils: Choice between a too long line and a too short line? If I cannot avoid having a line that deviates in length from other lines in a document: should I choose a slightly

Posted in: #DesignPrinciples #Typesetting #Typography

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Jamie315

: How to type a paragraph in Photoshop. Should be simple, but apparently isn't I need help creating a bloc of text in Photoshop. I've succeeded in creating a text box and resizing it without

Posted in: #Paragraph #Text #Typesetting

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Ann6370331

: Formatting: left aligned vs. justified body text? I'm currently writing a business report and set up a single column design with many diagrams of varying sizes throughout the document. I was

Posted in: #PageLayout #Typesetting #Typography

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Vandalay110

: Is monospacing URLs in academic papers still advised? When papers are written in the academic world, URLs are often set in monospace. The reason for this seems to be historic and is described

Posted in: #Fonts #Monospace #Typesetting #Typography

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Dunderdale640

: How to correctly choose protrusion for letters and hanging punctuation? A small preamble: (mostly technical, can be skipped) I am a mathematician and prepare my documents with LaTeX. The documents

Posted in: #Fonts #Typesetting #Typography

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Courtney577

: Unequal columns in InDesign book chapters do not mirror/reflect when more pages are added I’ve typeset this huge book with unequal columns: text in the larger inside column, pics with captions

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Layout #PageLayout #Typesetting

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RJPawlick971

: Some good fully-featured OpenType typeface for body text What are some good serif typefaces for body text which have at least Roman and Italic, and support small caps, old-style figures, ligatures,

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Opentype #Typefaces #Typesetting #Typography

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XinRu324

: Illustrator: trying to use the vertical type tool I am trying to type vertical text however just it comes out rotated.

Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #Text #Typesetting

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Megan533

: InDesign: how to type a hedera/fleuron symbol? How do you type a hedera/fleuron symbol in InDesign using less effort?

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #HowTo #Typesetting

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Cody3331749

: Creating tabs/spaces in-line between Character & Paragraph Styles? so I'm typesetting a play for an assignment and cannot for the life of me figure out how I can get a tab space between the

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #CharacterStyles #ParagraphStyles #Typesetting

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Mendez620

: InDesign: how to get first letter bigger in each word of a sentence? How can i get first letter bigger in each word of a sentence?

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Formatting #HowTo #Typesetting

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Moriarity648

: Typography/Typesetting: Footnotes of footnotes? Is it possible (by which I mean »allowed«) to create footnotes within footnotes? I am working on the design of a very intricate scientific publication

Posted in: #Footnotes #Typesetting #Typography

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Nimeshi706

: Typography: treatment of brand names in scientific publication I am working on the design of a scientific publication. For the job, the lead researcher provided the raw text along with the original

Posted in: #Formatting #Typesetting #Typography

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Harper654

: InDesign: how to construct table of contents with dots between titles and page numbers What I mean is something like this, which I found on a Word document I've been asked to redesign in InDesign.

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Formatting #HowTo #PageLayout #Typesetting

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Ogunnowo857

: How do i protect/lock the files of a font I designed? how do i protect my font design for reselling on-line on font sites? Is a license good enough, i want to sell allowing others to use

Posted in: #FontDesign #Typesetting

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Nimeshi706

: InDesign: how to change direction of text on circular path I need to change the direction of a text on a circular path in InDesign. How can this be done?

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #HowTo #Text #Typesetting #Typography

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Samaraweera207

: Numbered bullet font alternatives I have been using Combi Numerals for a while to produce infographics and map overlays. The font is great, but now i'm starting to dislike the shapes used for

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Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Fonts #ResourceRecommendations #Typesetting #Typography

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Heady304

: Editorial Design: Two baselines in the same layout Is there a best practice on using different sized baselines in the same page? I'm making an art book. Thanks!

Posted in: #Editorial #Typesetting

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Michele215

: Indesign: how to remove the white space between the text and the left side of a text box? To the right side by default, it seems to do it right but always leaves me a white space to the

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Formatting #HowTo #Typesetting

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Reiling762

: Kerning Hebrew diacritics in InDesign In Hebrew, there are some diacritics which occasionally need to be combined. However, a frequent result is that they will all be centered, leading to a stack

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Kerning #Typesetting

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Sherry646

: Kerning and alternates with "ti" So I'm familiar with some kerning/alternates used with certain letter combinations, like "fi" being combined so the top of the f hangs down into the dot of the

Posted in: #Glyphs #Kerning #Typesetting

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Nimeshi706

: Adobe InDesign/Typesetting: No kerning possible for first letter in indented line? In Adobe InDesign, I have setup a paragraph style for a sub-headline which has the headline as well as the first

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Kerning #Typesetting

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Samaraweera207

: How are the spaces done in France for ? ! : ; « » in a real-life work-flow? I have learnt what the spaces need to be in front of ? ! ; » and after « in French texts, namely thin

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Posted in: #Scribus #Typesetting #WhiteSpace

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Samaraweera207

: Using Google Fonts for print work My experience with building websites is limited, but i have used Google Fonts for some basic presentation websites before. Recently I was presented with some

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Posted in: #FontLicensing #Fonts #Google #Typesetting

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Courtney577

: How can I set more spacing around a list than between each list element in MS Word? So I'm trying to mimic this in my MS Word (Office 365) .docx file but failing: Specifically, I need

Posted in: #MicrosoftWord #PageLayout #Typesetting #Typography

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Dunderdale640

: Why do so many books indent all paragraphs except the first one in each chapter? I've just looked through every printed book I've bought over the past year and noticed a curious pattern that

Posted in: #PageLayout #Publishing #Typesetting #Typography

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Ravi4787994

: Photoshop: bold is not available for specific font Just starting out with Photoshop and trying to bold my text, but the option is not available. What can I do?

Posted in: #AdobePhotoshop #Fonts #Typesetting

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Tiffany317

: InDesign: should a baseline grid be used for 190-page magazine? I always used a baseline grid until now for magazines up to 90 pages, but this magazine will be around 190 pages, it is more

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Composition #Grids #Typesetting

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Gonzalez368

: In Illustrator, how do I select every "," on the page? I have hundreds of files that currently use "," as a decimal place. I need to change them all to "." ie. "9,45" needs to be "9.45".

Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #Text #Typesetting

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Tiffany317

: InDesign: how to prepare file for printing perfect bound magazine? I have always produced magazines with saddle stitches and know how to prepare files for print. Now I need to make A5 magazine

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Fonts #HowTo #PageLayout #Typesetting

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Rivera951

: Illustrator: white text goes invisible I'm working with an EPS file I downloaded from the internet (a business card) and I'm editing the details. It has a background color and some text over

Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #Color #Transparency #Typesetting

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Jamie315

: Illustrator: line breaks vs paragraph breaks When working with area text in Illustrator, I sometimes use the space after option. This makes it more obvious when I create a line break, as illustrator

Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #AdobeIndesign #Typesetting #Typography

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Shakeerah625

: Old machine title fonts I am searching for a font that was/is used to title machines, for example in the image below where it says "Machine 9" and "Debris Data Feed".

Posted in: #FontIdentification #Fonts #Typesetting

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Ogunnowo857

: InDesign: how to edit table text, cells and rows all at once? My client created his book using Microsoft Word. He's sent me the file and I've placed it into InDesign in order to make it

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #HowTo #Publishing #Tables #Typesetting

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Shakeerah625

: InDesign: changing default font from English to Hebrew I have an English document. I need to paste some Hebrew text instead of the English one. How do I change the default font so that all

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #HowTo #Typesetting

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Moriarity648

: Typesetting: Meaning and use of dashes in publication from 1751 I am in the process of transcribing a text which was type-set and published in 1751. In the original text, I am coming across

Posted in: #Research #Typesetting #Typography

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BetL875

: Photoshop CC: text stuck in all caps I am adding text to an image in Photoshop CC and all the time the text is in ALL CAPS. I can't find a way to get it to normal caps. What should I

Posted in: #AdobePhotoshop #Text #Typesetting

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Moriarity648

: Editorial Design: Margin around side note embedded in main body of text (Adobe InDesign) I am working on a layout draft in Adobe InDesign which includes some side notes. These I am trying to

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #EditorialDesign #Text #Typesetting #Typography

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Nimeshi706

: Adobe InDesign: Lines of text are not lining up despite tab being set In InDesign, I have a text frame for which I have adjusted the Tab-Settings (Type -> Tabs) so that the first tab starts

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Typesetting #Typography

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Moriarity648

: Adobe InDesign: Avoiding first line indent of the first paragraph (via Paragraph Style) In InDesign, is it possible to create a Paragraph Style that indents the first line starting with the second

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Paragraph #ParagraphStyles #Typesetting

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Moriarity648

: Typography: First line indent in the first paragraph? A colleague explained to me that it is a typographical rule to not set an indent for the first line of the very first paragraph of a

Posted in: #Paragraph #Typesetting #Typography

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Moriarity648

: Editorial Design: General recommendations for leading? In the context of editorial design, by which I mean the type setting of running text; Is there a set of general recommendations for the

Posted in: #LineHeight #Typesetting #Typography

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Martha945

: How to set type to display around a circle in InDesign? Is there an automated way to set type to display around a circle in InDesign, like the below image?

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Path #Typesetting

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Cody3331749

: Swiping from pts to pixels in Photoshop CS6 for website design I am working on my psd in CS6/72dpi. I went into preferences - rulers/units to change my rulers/type from rulers:inches, type:points

Posted in: #Typesetting

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Chiappetta793

: InDesign: Limit the minimal number of characters in the last line of the paragraph Is it possible to automatically limit the minimal number of characters in the last line of the paragraph, so

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Typesetting

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Kaufman565

: Conventions for indenting subsections in a document? (Word) I've often see technical documents created in Microsoft Word which use the Header styles with Header 1 sections as 1. Section Title,

Posted in: #MicrosoftWord #Typesetting #Typography

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Lengel450

: Can a typeface be very thick in "Regular" style, or does that one then need to be "Bold/Black"? I am working on a typeface and have started with a somewhat thicker style that would usually

Posted in: #FontDesign #Fonts #Typesetting #Typography

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Deb5748823

: InDesign CS3: Making the top layer more prominent? OK, I'm reasonably familiar with setting vertical type in Illustrator...but how does one adjust the letters left and right to properly align

Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #Alignment #Typesetting

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Murray976

: Text on a Curve and Anchor Points Sorry, i'm sure this is a basic question. I'm trying to create type on a path. It's currently in a S shape. I want to delete the anchor point in the middle

Posted in: #AdobePhotoshop #Path #Typesetting

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Caterina889

: No visible space between words in illustrator I'm using an Arabic font called JF Flat. Everything was fine but when I started on a new project the space between the letters does not show and

Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #Fonts #Typesetting

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Jessie844

: InDesign list alignment I'm trying to setup a list in inDesign and am wondering if there is a way to make multi-line points line up accordingly without forcing a break and inserting a tab

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Lists #Typesetting

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Steve758

: Why is InDesign pushing short words to the next line? As shown in the image, "the" easily fits on the line above but regardless of what I do, InDesign pushes it down to the next line.

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Sarah814

: Do formatting (invisible) characters have a name? In typography, some text editors will offer the option to display "invisible" or "formatting" characters such as these: (from this page) Do these

Posted in: #Symbols #Text #Typesetting #Typography

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Hamm6457569

: Why is it still common to use too similar glyphs for "1" and "l" in monospace? I have difficulty differentiating "l" and "1" when reading source code, i.e. monospace serif types. I am able

Posted in: #Typefaces #Typesetting

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Miguel516

: Fractions in InDesign : Typing (not ½ = Alt + 0189) I'm wondering of anyone knows how to easily type a fraction like this: 1 - 2 (but on one baseline). I appreciate the "proper" way is

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Typesetting

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Chiappetta793

: Setting left aligned type What are the best tools available in InDesign to control left aligned body copy so that you avoid unattractive line endings and paragraph shapes? I have a lot of text

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Typesetting #Typography

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Caterina889

: How to typeset a missing word correctly? What is the typographically correct way to typeset a missing or left out word in a sentence? For example, "You should brush your ——— every morning!".

Posted in: #Typesetting #Typography

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BetL875

: Font legibility in a printed magazine Is Gotham 6pt legible in a printed magazine? What is considered to be the best font size for printed editions? Is it ok to use different font sizes on

Posted in: #Fonts #Formatting #PrintDesign #Typesetting

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Shanna688

: Font weight considerations (printing cost, ergonomics, etc) I'm curious if there are any known ergonomic effects of font weight choice. I already understand, for example, that the relative contrast

Posted in: #PrintDesign #Readability #Typesetting #Typography

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Steve758

: What are the origins of the commercial minus sign (⁒)? While reading the Wikipedia article about the Plus and minus signs I found the so called commercial minus sign (Unicode character U+2052

Posted in: #Character #Typesetting #Typography

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Steve758

: Is kerning also applied when there is a space between characters? The Wikipedia article stats that kerning is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font,

Posted in: #Kerning #Typesetting #Typography

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Steve758

: What’s the right character for a minus sign? Almost everywhere I see the so called hyphen-minus (Unicode character U+002D and HTML symbol &#45) used as a minus sign, which is actually the

Posted in: #Character #Typesetting #Typography

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Sent7350415

: Illustrator: Way to align / justify text with left + right in the same text box? Is there a way to align / justify text with left + right in the same text box, without creating a new text

Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #Alignment #ParagraphStyles #Text #Typesetting

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Steve758

: What’s the right character for an apostrophe? Many times I encounter the so called "typewriter apostrophe" (Unicode character U+0027 and HTML symbol ') to represent an apostrophe: But

Posted in: #Character #Typesetting #Typography

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Murphy569

: Problem changing type orientation in illustrator I'm trying to change the type orientation in Illustrator CS5, but it doesn't seem to be working. Normally i select type > type orientation

Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #Typesetting

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Mendez620

: Choosing colours for type in web design This is something that I've struggled with for a while now and I really want to correct it. Whenever I create a web design I use a colour pallete

Posted in: #Color #ColorTheory #Typesetting #WebsiteDesign

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Heady304

: How to move footnotes to next column? How can I move footnotes to the next column? I need the vertical space at the bottom for a table, otherwise it gets split in 2. I tried the footnote

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Typesetting

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Shelley591

: Good strategies for typesetting bilingual books I’m currently laying out and typesetting the second edition of an academic book about European fisheries and their status in the current EU climate.

Posted in: #Book #Typesetting

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Lengel450

: Why some style guides ask to put figures on separate pages? Why some style guides ask to put figures at separate pages? For example, APA: Place each figure on a separate page at the

Posted in: #Typesetting

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Fox8063795

: Why do they use "dp square" unit for measurements of baseline grid in relation to "icons", but "dp" unit in relation to "type"? In this specification document for Material Design in Android,

Posted in: #Dpi #GoogleMaterialDesign #Grids #Mobile #Typesetting

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Speyer780

: Remove extra space in front of the text without outlining it? [Illustrator] Did anyone figure it out on how to remove that little extra space in front of the text?

Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #Text #Typesetting #WhiteSpace

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Goswami567

: Aligning letters "Wrong" appears more "Right" I'm currently working on a logo for a client. Here is the work in progress. It seems obvious to me that the S should align with the line above.

Posted in: #Alignment #Logo #Typesetting #Typography

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Voss6371140

: Photoshop - How to Create Overlapping Stroke on Font? I want create a type in which the letters overlap each other (let's say -200 VA setting), and then make a stroke that will be overlapping.

Posted in: #AdobePhotoshop #Text #Typesetting

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Steve758

: Why some fonts have the 'f' and 'i' joined I noticed today that when I type a word with the character pair fi in it, the f changes when the i is typed to have a longer top and the dot

Posted in: #Ligatures #Terminology #Typesetting #Typography

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Barnes313

: Photoshop: convert all caps text to lowercase I have a PSD file with a large block of text set in uppercase. Is there a way to convert selected text to lowercase? I've tried everything in

Posted in: #AdobePhotoshop #Text #Typesetting

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Goswami567

: Can I set text to appear at exact left of frame InDesign? How can I set text to appear at exact left of frame in InDesign? When left aligned, text still appears slightly inset within the

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Typesetting

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Angie364

: Typesetting and book page layout using pen and paper I have seen a lot of sketches of rough design for graphic design projects. But if one has to design text size, alignment, etc. is pen

Posted in: #Typesetting #Typography

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Holmes874

: When should I use the Unicode punctuation space character in French written texts? I couldn't find any authoritative references about this which are available on public internet. the code is 0x2008.

Posted in: #Character #Research #Typesetting #Unicode

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Margaret771

: How can I create rounded corners In Adobe Illustrator in a specific way? Say i'm rounding the corners of a word that i've typeset in Illustrator (as if i were creating a logo). That word

Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #GraphicStyles #Typesetting

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Margaret771

: How to maintain scale aesthetics while maintaining legibility I have simply advert that I am making for a publication. I have some copy in the bottom right, in 10pt Italic Garamond 3 LT Std

Posted in: #Typesetting

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Berryessa866

: Why does this line appear in my text? Do you know why this horizontal line appears at the top of this headline text? It shows in Illustrator and when saved as JPG, and in some PDF viewers.

Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #Fonts #Typesetting

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Ann6370331

: What is the name of this element? I was wondering if anyone could tell me the name of this design element - I've seen it used for quotes, such as in Yahoo News Digest, but also in other

Posted in: #Terminology #Typesetting

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Gloria351

: Is there any way to replace "words" in Adobe Illustrator? I made a book in Illustrator, and I would like to replace a word with another word (e.g "Bread" into "Rice"). If I was using MS

Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator #Text #Typesetting

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Welton168

: How to adjust vertical space between soft returns? There are some fonts that have a lot of reserved vertical space. I know that I can adjust that spacing between paragraphs by changing the

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Typesetting

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Reiling762

: Why should I ever use Unicode’s special characters for Roman numerals? This is to answer a question which arose in the comments on this question on the Unicode characters for Roman numerals:

Posted in: #BestPractice #Fonts #Typesetting

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Gonzalez368

: Typesetting on a diagonal path I've tried a variety of methods of getting the same style of type, setting it on a path, skewing the text after setting it on a path, setting each individual

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #AdobePhotoshop #PathEffects #Text #Typesetting

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Jennifer810

: What characteristics are common to well-designed and well-formatted textbooks? I'm looking for inspiration on how to make my book appear more professional with regard to typesetting and page design/layout

Posted in: #Book #PageLayout #Text #Typesetting

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Sherry646

: When and why do I use "s"-shaped quotation marks? When and why would you use quotation marks that are the superscript of the letter "s"? It looks like this: In case you want to look it

Posted in: #Typesetting #Typography

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Karen819

: Tell element not to snap to baseline grid I'm editing a template with a baseline grid. I added an icon with Font Awesome and can't align it vertically with my text because it snaps to the

Posted in: #AdobeIndesign #Grids #Typesetting

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Courtney577

: Where to start with Design with Text/Fonts/Typesetting? I am a technical guy (software developer) and for some inexplicable reason kind of love looking at text or typesetting design (is that even

Posted in: #ColorTheory #Text #Typesetting

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