Typography and Text Formatting Flashcards
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Which composition engine considers an entire paragraph to determine line breaks for even spacing?
Answer: Adobe Paragraph Composer
The Paragraph Composer evaluates the whole paragraph for the best breaks.
What does Optical Margin Alignment do to text in a frame?
Answer: Hangs punctuation and edges of letters outside the margin
Optical margin alignment hangs punctuation past the margin for a cleaner edge.
Which feature automatically adds a large initial capital letter at the start of a paragraph?
Answer: Drop Cap
Drop Cap creates an enlarged opening letter spanning multiple lines.
What is the purpose of a Nested Style in InDesign?
Answer: Apply character styles automatically within a paragraph based on rules
Nested styles apply character formatting up to a defined marker within a paragraph.
Which setting controls whether single words are split across lines with a hyphen?
Answer: Hyphenation
Hyphenation settings determine how and whether words break across lines.
What does the 'No Break' attribute do to selected text?
Answer: Keeps the text together on the same line
No Break prevents selected text from being split across lines.
Which justification setting helps prevent unsightly gaps known as 'rivers' in justified text?
Answer: Adjusting word and letter spacing values
Tuning word/letter spacing in Justification settings reduces rivers.