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066 Setting the size of text exactly with this free script

066 Setting the size of text exactly with this free script - InDesign Tutorial

From the course: InDesign Secrets

066 Setting the size of text exactly with this free script

You know what's really hard in InDesign? Setting the size of this text so that it's exactly 60 points tall. You would think it would be easy, right? You think you could just choose the Type tool, select the text, and say make it 60 points tall. But is it really 60 points tall? Let's find out. I am going to use my little measuring stick called an empty frame. I'll grab this Rectangle Frame tool and simply click, that forces the rectangle dialog box to appear, and I can say give me a frame that's exactly 60 points by 60 points. It's a little trick for getting a measuring stick. I'll bring this down and zoom in to like 600%, and I can see that this text is definitely not 60 points tall, it just isn't. So what did I set to 60 points? Well, I set the slug of text to 60 points. The slug is everything that includes the ascenders and any descenders. For example if I type a G in here, we can see that the ascenders and descenders have to be included in that 60 points and indeed, they are. I'll…

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