Indesign problem

don't wind me up, don't have excel, on a mac using indesign.

pm sent

I love a good InDesign thread! :)

gots to be better than a "how should i get my hair cut" thread

rather than starting a new thread, how do i do a half with out doing 1/2??
is there a shortcut to get it to look like % for instance

put the 1 the / and the 2 in seperate text boxes and arrange accordingly. That's the clunky way to do it.

You can also use subscript shortcuts to reduce the size of the 1 and 2 and then adjust their height relative to the baseline, all available in the text tool bar at the top of the page.

Wrong, a half is a character ("Vulgar Fraction One Half"), if present in body copy you should use your Mac/Windows character palette to insert it where needed.

If you're doing something bespoke, then arranging your own interpretation would be appropriate. Start from the original character as a base though... standards and all that.

thanks Jono, worked a treat

@madillness.......pfft!

inDesign is still shit...

I'm a charlatan what can i say? just don't tell my boss.

inDesign is still shit...
it's a shit load better than pasting up.

it worked other than i had to have a white line/stroke around it, and that wouldn't.
so i resorted back to my/madillness' way.

that's weird, it works for me... what font are you using?

gill sans T1, it has a stroke, but really thin, it is going over a photo, and the rest of the text (400 pt) has a clear white outline (400 pt)

You sure you didn't select stroke instead? You are a plonker in these matters, Murts...

i know i am, but i selected stroke after i got the 1/2 thing in the right text/colour and size.

Have all the text, including your 1/2 all in the same text box, then stroke/outline it all at once?

tried that, i have botched it altogether now, looks ok

tried that, i have botched it altogether now, looks ok

a little bit of me just died…

it isn't bad at all, i just placed the letters over the other one, then wiggled sizes to fit.

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that's me crying that is

a little bit of me just died…

well, at least there was a little bit to spare ;)

Sounds like you're doing something that should be treated more as display/artwork? If you screengrab the final area I can tell you an ideal workflow (outlined text, Illy image, text effect, etc)?

it's a big window display

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