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• • May 13, 2020 at 6:42 am #1250246
    Anonymous

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    Why is the line weight of a particular square outline graphic made in Illustrator appear heavier when it is larger and lighter when it is smaller after linking the graphic into an inDesign document?

    The same graphic linked twice into inDesign but one is smaller and one is larger but the weight of the line seems thicker in the larger graphic.

    Is there a setting in inDesign that needs adjusting?

    Best to you and stay safe
    Robert

  • May 13, 2020 at 7:10 am #1250255
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    If you have an Illustrator graphic that has a 2 point thick stroke, and you place it in InDesign: When you make it 200% size in InDesign, the stroke will be 4 points. If you make it 50% size, the stroke will be 1 pt.

    If you need the stroke to stay the same as you scale it, you should create the shape in InDesign. Or you can probably copy from Illustrator and paste it into InDesign as an editable shape.

  • May 13, 2020 at 7:51 am #1250265
    Dieter Stockert

    Member

    Adobe says:

    Scaling vs. resizing objects

    Resizing and scaling are different actions in InDesign. Resizing is simply changing the Width and Height values of an object. Scaling involves using a percentage value related to the original scale (100%) of the frame.

    The difference between resizing and scaling isn’t always apparent. A good way to see the difference is to resize and scale a text frame that has a stroke applied to it. When you double the size of the text frame, the text size and stroke weight remain the same. When you double the scale of the text frame, the text size and stroke weight also double.

    (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/transforming-objects.html)

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