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USING INDESIGN TAGGED TEXT

Adobe InDesign CS5 Tagged Text

Last updated 4/21/2010

Character-level tags

Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Alternate glyph

cAlternateGlyph:Integer

caltg

Alternate glyphs for OpenType or Asian fonts such as Tekton
Pro MM appear in the Glyphs panel. In this example, 3
represents the third alternate glyph in the pop-up panel.

Auto pair kerning

cAutoPairKern:String

capk

This tag can include Optical or Metrics (default).

Baseline shift

cBaselineShift:Real

cbs

This value can be between -5000 and 5000 points.

Case

cCase:Enum

ccase

Valid values include Small Caps, All Caps, Caps To Small
Caps, or Normal (default). Caps To Small Caps is an
OpenType font attribute.

Character alignment

cHang:Enum

ch

Valid values include EmTop, EmCenter (default), EmBottom,
Baseline, ICFTop, and ICFBottom.

Character skew

cSkew:Real

csk

The value represents the percentage of character skew from
85 to -85 degrees.

Color: color tint

cColorTint:Real

cct

Specify a tint percentage.

Color: character fill

cColor:String or Color
Definition

cc

or

This tag can include tints, gradients, and unnamed colors.
The default color is Black.

Color: character stroke

cStrokeColor:String or Color
Definition

csc

or Process:0.5,1,0>

This tag can include tints, gradients, and unnamed colors.
The default color is None.

Color: fill gradient angle

cGradientAngle:Real

cga

Angle of linear gradient fill from -180 to 180 degrees.

Color: fill gradient center

cGradientCenter:Real,Real

cgc

This tag indicates the x and y values of the center point of a
radial gradient or the starting point of a linear gradient.

Color: fill gradient length

cGradientLength:Real

cgl

This tag indicates the length of a linear gradient ramp or
radius of a radial gradient.

Color: stroke gradient angle

cStrokeGradientAngle:Real

csga

Angle of linear gradient fill from -180 to 180 degrees.

Color: stroke gradient center

cStrokeGradientCenter:Real,R
eal

csgs

This tag indicates the x and y values of the center point of a
radial gradient or the starting point of a linear gradient.