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Chapter 8: Typography
Typography gives visual form to language. Adobe InDesign CS3 gives you the tools you need to set type that suits
your content. The fonts you choose and the settings you select for leading and kerning are examples of decisions you
can make about the appearance of the text in your document.
Formatting text
Format text
Use the Control panel to change the appearance of text. When text is selected or when the insertion point is placed
in text, the Control panel displays either the character formatting controls or the paragraph formatting controls, or
a combination of both, depending on your monitor resolution. These same text formatting controls appear in the
Character panel and Paragraph panel.
Note the following methods of formatting text:
• To format characters, you can use the Type tool to select characters, or you can click to place the insertion
point, select a formatting option, and then begin typing.
• To format paragraphs, you don’t need to select an entire paragraph—selecting any word or character, or placing
the insertion point in a paragraph will do. You can also select text in a range of paragraphs.
• To set the formatting for all future text frames that you’ll create in the current document, make sure that the
insertion point is not active and that nothing is selected, and then specify text formatting options.
• Select a frame to apply formatting to all text inside it. The frame cannot be part of a thread.
• Use paragraph styles and character styles to format text quickly and consistently.
For a video on working with text, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0075 .
1 Select the Type tool .
2 Click to place an insertion point, or select the text that you want to format.
3 In the Control panel, click the Character Formatting Control icon or the Paragraph Formatting Control
icon .
Control panel
A. Character formatting controls B. Paragraph formatting controls
4 Specify formatting options.
See also
“Control panel overview” on page 22
A
B