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- PaulM740
Artworking a brochure for school, I want to create a white underline that is 65% opacity, without manually drawing boxes – is this possible in CS3? The type should be centered on the box/underline - make sense?
- rascuache0
You can kinda hack the underline options in your paragraph style to achieve this, as underlines should be placed underneath text by default.
So just set the underline weight to (your pt size) + whatever, tweak the offset whatever, and you should be fine.
This might fall down on the opacity thing though, unless you can set a blending mode for the paragraph style?
- PaulM740
thanks R – tried that route – struggling with the opacity thing
- rascuache0
Yeah thought it might. Try this instead.
http://indesigning.net/creating-…
Javascript to draw a box on a separate layer around a given paragraph style. Not very well documented and a bit flaky when setting padding around the text (via crop amount in the box's object style), but gives you the option to do absolutely anything with the box behind the text.
You'll need to use a hard return after each line for it to draw one box per line, though.
- once fettled they work fine, I've used this on a few 400+ page technical books to highlight passages of code...rascuache
- Yes JavaScript is the answer.ItalianStallion
- But you don't need to build a box for every line of text you can duplicate the text boxes and apply an object style when you're sure thext is okItalianStallion
- you're sure text is ok.ItalianStallion
- multiple text boxes sounds like a massive pain in the arse, what if you want to adjust leading?rascuache
- Yes, that's why you nedd to work with your text frames as usual and when you've finished editing text youcan launch a JavaScript that automatically duplicate any text frame and apply an object styleItalianStallion
- script that duplicate any text frame and apply an object style.ItalianStallion
- Obviously it's worth if you have an huge amount of text...ItalianStallion
- ItalianStallion0
It's a simple 5 minutes JavaScript...
- d_rek0
I'm thinking you might be able to achieve this using multiple layers of type.
1st layer would be your text + the underline at the opacity you want.
2nd layer could be the text + box at full opacity.Obviously you would need P styles for each layer, one for the type+underline and one for the type+box.
Since it's white type/knockout-to-page there shouldn't be any opacity issues there. However you will probably need to monkey with the opacity of the underline on top of the semi-transparent box.
And do you mean centered vertically within the box? You will probably need to baseline shift until it appears optically correct.
Anyway, I haven't tested this so it might be a shit solution.
- duckofrubber0
If you go the underline route, be aware that if you outline the type you'll lose the underlines. One of my pet peeves...
- detritus0
Committed has two ts and I can't help but pause after the first line, interpreting "The staff are genuinely committed" as in 'asylum'.
- That quote is grammatically wrong in so many ways, but it's a quote.monospaced
- ESKEMA0
Make paragraph styles:
1. text in white, paragraph rule below set to text width, offset, weight and indent as you like, color white.
2. copy the above style and remove the paragraph rule.3. On you text, put a paragraph end at each line end.
4. apply style 1, copy it, apply opacity.
5. paste in place and apply style 2.not ideal but works fine.
- EXACTLY what d_rek saidmonospaced
- underline is not a paragraph rule. Does not allow to indent.ESKEMA
- In my InDesign, Underline is an option for a paragraph style, as are indents.monospaced
- Oh, excuse me. I'm not even sure what you mean by paragraph rulemonospaced
- ESKEMA0
@monospaced
A paragraph rule is like an underline with more options but only applying to top and bottom of paragraphs, not every line. So in order to use it here, it's necessary to add a return at the end of each line, which is not a problem if it is small text.
Paragraph rules are better for this because they let you add indent to the text width, as underlines don't. With underlines you would have to add spaces to the begining and end of each line.- Hey, thanks for the info. I never really got into paragraph rules. I wonder if I need them at all.monospaced
- they are really handy. + along with underlines and striketroughs, you can...ESKEMA
- style a lot.ESKEMA
- inkpink0
call me crazy but i just draw boxes on a bottom layer.
there's some spacing inconsistencies in that example image, would mind betting it was done the same way.
- rodzilla0
womft
- megE0
BUMPING AN OLD THREAD TO ASK A NEW QUESTION
Anyone know how to make an edit bubble in InDesign?
Similar to the ones that exist in acrobat?
- acescence0
wtf is an edit bubble?
- i_monk0
A whozit?
- acescence0
make a polygon with lots of sides, give it a star inset, then go to object > corner options and round the corners. not the same, but maybe close enough?
- JackRyan0
Acrobat has a cloud? I haven't seen those created outside of AutoCAD...
*shivers...bad memories