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    • May 2, 2021 at 5:30 am #14339047
      Artemij Keidan
      Member

      I was typesetting a document using Cambria as the main font (don’t ask me why). Then I have noticed a very peculiar bug that almost ruined my whole work. Below I explain step-by-step what I have experienced. (I am not sure which steps are relevant and which are not, so I list them all).

      • I have defined a style for the headings, based on Cambria as well.
      • I have defined a text variable for the running headers based on a null character style, i.e. an invisible style that is only used as target for this variable.
      • I have selected the headings that were supposed to be displayed in the running headers and applied this invisible character style.
      • The header effectively works.
      • Now, for some reason, some of my headings contain the sequence “thin space” + “tab”.
      • Each time when it is so, there are some strange figure coming out in the header (see the picture).

      After some attempts, I’ve discovered that this behavior pops up with any kind of “special” space, but not with the standard space. The order must be exactly this: “special” space first, tab next, even with some characters intervening in the middle. Moreover, this happens only with Cambria, not with other fonts (even if I haven’t checked them all).

      Any idea? Is it Cambria to blame or it’s InDesign?

    • May 2, 2021 at 5:37 am #14339051
      Artemij Keidan
      Member

      My apologies for not being able to attach the image. Find it here:

      Example

    • May 2, 2021 at 5:47 am #14339054
      Artemij Keidan
      Member

      Here, the source of the example above:

      Example file

    • May 2, 2021 at 8:38 am #14339055
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Fascinating! I think it could be your particular font… when I open this document and use my version of Cambria and Cambria Bold, it works properly.

      • May 2, 2021 at 8:39 am #14339056
        Artemij Keidan
        Member

        This is interesting, I must try some other version of Cambria.

      • May 2, 2021 at 8:53 am #14339057
        Artemij Keidan
        Member

        Your comment has been resolutive: I was using Cambria very. 6.99, and now that I’ve installed the older version, 6.90, it is not happening anymore.

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