Typography and Text Formatting Flashcards
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Which InDesign feature lets you create custom adjustments for how an OpenType font is spaced based on character pairs?
Answer: Kerning
Kerning adjusts the space between specific character pairs.
What does the Tracking control adjust in a selected range of text?
Answer: Spacing between all selected characters
Tracking uniformly adjusts spacing across a range of selected characters.
In the Character panel, which value sets the vertical distance between baselines of text?
Answer: Leading
Leading controls the vertical space between lines of type.
What is the default leading method in InDesign when set to 'Auto'?
Answer: 120% of the type size
Auto leading defaults to 120% of the current font size.
Which panel is used to apply consistent formatting to entire paragraphs at once?
Answer: Paragraph Styles
Paragraph Styles apply repeatable formatting to whole paragraphs.
What does baseline shift do to selected characters?
Answer: Moves them up or down relative to the baseline
Baseline shift raises or lowers characters from the baseline.
Which keyboard-accessible feature finds and replaces text formatting attributes throughout a document?
Answer: Find/Change
Find/Change can search and replace text and formatting.