Tip of the Week: Lock First Line to Baseline Grid
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Often, sidebars in magazines or newsletters are set in a different font and leading than the main body text. You can make the first baseline of that sidebar lock to the leading grid by first turning on Align to Baseline Grid for the whole paragraph, and then selecting Only Align First Line to Grid from the Paragraph or the Control panel menu.

This article was last modified on July 7, 2021
This article was first published on August 22, 2018
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