Learn how to effortlessly style text throughout an InDesign document with the help of AI.

Recently, I worked on a project where I had to package over 100 InDesign files from different vendors. Unfortunately, when I opened the first file, I got a missing plug-in error. Since InDesign won’t create a package of a file with missing plug-ins, I had to fix this problem right away. And getting the plug-in was not an option. I was […]

Did you ever need to change the shape of an existing object in your layout? Like if you had to change a rectangle into a triangle while keeping all its visual attributes i.e. color, stroke, width, height, and position. Something like this: I have seen folks try to accomplish this several ways: using the Pen tool to create […]

Recently, I worked on a project where I had to bring XML data into InDesign. Prior to this, I had heard about XML but never worked with it, so this project was a big challenge to me. I learned a lot along the way and thought it would be helpful to others if I shared the […]

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we looked at many useful features of OpenType fonts. Let’s complete our review of typographic gems by checking out the options for figures. OpenType Numerals One of OpenType’s many useful features is the ability to manage different styles of numerals within a single font. When you’re working with typefaces that offer both […]

Last week we started an in depth look at the features of OpenType fonts. Let’s continue now with a review of typographic gems like contextual alternates, all small caps, stylistic sets, and more. See also: Adobe Drops Fonts, Leaves Users Stranded Contextual Alternates These are alternate characters often found in script typefaces to provide a more […]

OpenType fonts may include an expanded group of characters useful for the typographic variation with features like Discretionary Ligatures, Fractions, Ordinals, Swashes, Titling & Contextual Alternates, All Small Caps, Tabular or Proportional Figures, etc. Unfortunately, these rich extended character sets are ignored or misunderstood by many users. So let’s take a close-up look at the features of […]

A pull quote is a common element of good design, adding visual interest and emphasizing key information. There are various styles available today and people are always developing new creative ways to format their pull quotes. But in general, it can be hard to create a good-looking pull quote style that is easily repeatable in a […]

Tired of searching through the huge glyph sets of OpenType fonts for just a few obscure glyphs that you often need? Ever wonder if you could create a library of your favorite glyphs and use it across multiple machines? Yes you can! It’s easy to create, edit, and share custom sets of your most often needed glyphs in InDesign. Here’s how […]

This is a guest post from a longtime reader, Masood Ahmad. In my work, I often receive InDesign files containing several empty text frames created unknowingly by another user. As most of you know, double-clicking a frame with the Type tool converts that frame into a text frame. This can lead to problems like missing font warnings when (nearly) empty text frames contain […]