Type Terms #2 shift (four dots): .... (Lupton, p. 211) Use A function within InDesign that your palette or simply use the 22:342 allows a character to be raised or keystrokes option-;. Studio Problems in lowered relative to the baseline. In Cutler-Lake InDesign, the Baseline Shift control is (—) located on the type character control A longer dash that is equal to the Important concepts in Text chap- panel at the top of the screen, just to size of the type. Can be used ter from Lupton textbook: spacing; the right of the tracking control. (“Aa,” to join two phrases together into linearity; the user; ; tracking; with an arrow underneath the lower- one sentence instead of using a spacing; alignment; marking para- cased “a.”) conjunction, or to insert information graphs; hierarchy. instead of using parentheses. Also body copy/body text used before the author’s name at the The main text of a book, story, or end of a quote. In a word-processed article, usually set in a consistent document (such as Microsoft Word), manner using a single with the can be indicated with two same line length, , and point (--). Em dashes are required, size. however, in . Use your glyph palette or simply use the book weight keystrokes shift-option-. A weight specifically See Lupton p. 211. designed to be used as body text. Usually found somewhere between dash (–) light and bold. The dash you need to use to indicate ranges of numbers. Such as April caption 4–6 or 2:30–8:30. Half of an em. Use A title or brief description for an your glyph palette or simply use the illustration, graphic, or photograph. keystrokes option-hyphen.

character style FL InDesign has two types of text styles. Flush left. Ragged right. styles apply formatting for both character and paragraph FR attributes. Character styles apply Flush right. Ragged left. formatting for only character attributes, and allow you to set flush & hung specific attributes that override even Set with the first line FL and paragraph style character attributes. subsequent lines indented, like this For instance this pink bold italic text definition. was set by applying a character style. hard hyphen drop cap A hyphen manually inserted into the he oversized first letter of a text. This hyphen will not disappear paragraph whose baseline is when the text box is resized, unlike a Tlower than the first baseline of soft hyphen will. the text it introduces. indent ellipsis (…) Don’t just use the tab to mark new The periods in an ellipsis can be this way, as it’s often too separated with word spaces or, as deep. An em space is the traditional we prefer, they can be tracked open indent, as demonstrated in this (letterspaced). Most include definition. (Shift + Command + M) an ellipsis character, whose points are more tightly spaced. After a sentence, use a period plus an ellipsis justify/justification body of text. word space The process of fitting type into a The space between words. Usually a measure and handling any space (That last line is an orphan. Clearly, fixed size when type is set FL/RR (or that isn’t filled with type. Justification it’s missing its family.) FR/RL). Becomes elastic when type is accounts for all the space on a line justified, which can cause problems if and may stretch or squeeze work paragraph style large gaps are created. (See Lupton, p. and/or letter spaces as well as use As described earlier, InDesign has 112.) hyphenation to best fill lines with two types of text styles that you type. Hyphenation aids justification can control and specify to make widow by dividing words at the ends of lines, formatting in large documents A word that finds itself alone on a which permits type to fill lines with a much easier. Paragraph styles apply line. minimum disturbance to spacing. formatting for both character and paragraph attributes. Paragraph (As you probably guessed, the word kern/kerning formatting refers to the attributes line is a widow.) Adjusting the space between that are applied to the paragraph individual letters. To kern two as a whole. To open and use the characters in InDesign: Paragraph Styles palette, choose type>paragraph styles. 1. Place an insertion point between the letters. rag 2. Use the kerning control (A\V with Unjustified side (or sides, if centered) arrows above and below), located in of type, resulting in rough irregular the type palette just under the point line lengths. Also called ragged. size. This is also located on the type control bar just above the tracking control. The “optical” option is the A series of gaps in a block of justified most manual control, while “metrics” text that seem to connect visually. refers to a pre-set equation specific to This is not a good thing. the typeface. set solid leading When the leading value is the same The vertical space between lines of size as the point size of the type. This particular definition is “set type, measured from the baseline to solid” at 11/11: 11 point type with baseline. 11 point leading. Doesn’t it feel claustrophobic!? The rest of this letterspacing document is set at 11/13.2. Another word for tracking. soft hyphen measure A hyphen that appears only when Also called line length. The width of a a word has to be divided at the of type. A line of justified type end of a line. Sometimes called a will hit the measure, while type with discretionary hyphen. Disable soft- ragged margins will usually fall just hyphens in InDesign by unchecking short of the measure. the “hyphenate” box in the paragraph palette. orphan A part of a paragraph — usually a line tracking or two — that appears on the bottom “Adjusting the overall spacing of a or top of a paragraph which appears group of letters... by expanding the to be splintering off from the main tracking, the designer can create a more airy, open field.” (Lupton, p. 104) You can also use negative tracking in small amounts to adjust paragraphs.