Spacing Type in InDesign
This article appeared in Issue 9 of CreativePro Magazine.As typographers and graphic designers, we’re here to serve the message and to serve the reader. We want to make the best type possible—not because it’s easy, but because it’s the right thing to do.
In this article, I’ll quickly get you into the better-type neighborhood with some fundamental methods of manipulating hyphenation and justification settings in InDesign (other programs will offer you similar controls). But before we get into the spacing, let’s start with some design decisions that you need to make to create the type that we’ll be working with. One parameter—line length (or measure)—can make the difference between type that people find inviting and type that discourages and repels your reader.
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This was very helpful. So for rag-right type, all the defaults remain the same except for “Desired” Word Spacing, which you’ve set at 85%, correct?