MarcusStringer
IS-IT--Management
How can I create fractions in InDesign with out using Open Fonts ie Adobe, Linotype etc????
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Fractions in InDesgin 2
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If the font you are using contains characters for fractions, you can open the glyph panel ("Insert Glyphs..." under Type menu). Double click the fraction you want to input. As an alternate, I use the find/Replace window to search for "1/2" and replace with "<00BD>" (those are zeroes, not letter O's). for "1/4" use "<00BC>" and for "3/4" use "<00BE>". Also consider using a special mathematical font just for the characters that require fractions, especially other less-common fractions or something more complex.
If the font you are using contains characters for fractions, you can open the glyph panel ("Insert Glyphs..." under Type menu). Double click the fraction you want to input. As an alternate, I use the find/Replace window to search for "1/2" and replace with "<00BD>" (those are zeroes, not letter O's). for "1/4" use "<00BC>" and for "3/4" use "<00BE>". Also consider using a special mathematical font just for the characters that require fractions, especially other less-common fractions or something more complex.
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MarcusStringer
IS-IT--Management
Apart from the 1/2, 1/4, 3/4 standard.
is there no plugin which will give me a greater range.
(like the "make fraction" plugin for Quark)????
is there no plugin which will give me a greater range.
(like the "make fraction" plugin for Quark)????
You could write some scripting. See adobeforums.com for this. I think there was an applescript for Mac available. I don't recall seeing any VB Scripts for Windows.
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If you set your text preferences as below and then assign superscript to the digit in front of the slash and subscript to the digit behind the slash, they will sit quite nicely together without any additional baseline shifting. You might want to kern them tighter, although setting the overall kerning to optical does a nice job.
superscript: size - 50 percent - position 33.3
subscript: size - 50 percent - position 0
superscript: size - 50 percent - position 33.3
subscript: size - 50 percent - position 0
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