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Category: Fonts & Type

Examines the unlikely issues which arise out of using type and symbols. Missing or incomplete font sets undoubtedly cause printers and bureaux the most headaches, but there are several other issues which are not so obvious until they are encountered, and they can be hard to initially diagnose. Foreign alphabets can be a tricky situation, given that a prepress operator only fluent in English will not be able to detect a font substitution or change in Japanese Kanji! This chapter also highlights an unlikely problem of converting text to outlines.

November 14, 2025October 29, 2025 colmin8r

When you have a small, thin font, don’t you tint it!

October 29, 2025 colmin8r

InDesign’s MathML just had an upgrade… again!

September 18, 2025 colmin8r

InDesign’s MathML revisited

January 21, 2025 colmin8r

Wouldn’t a block shadow button be great?

November 15, 2024April 1, 2025 colmin8r

Using InDesign’s MathML – Real World Situation

February 22, 2021February 18, 2021 colmin8r

Applying character styles over character styles

February 8, 2021January 5, 2021 colmin8r

Find spaces only (no returns or tabs) with InDesign’s GREP

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 colmin8r

GREPgraphing – Beyond 2000

November 17, 2019 colmin8r

Please fix Text Variables so they behave like regular text

July 7, 2018 colmin8r

Adobe, mate, please add an Australian Dictionary to InDesign

May 20, 2018June 27, 2018 colmin8r

Quick and Dirty comb-style forms using GREP Styles

September 4, 2013October 4, 2015 colmin8r

Another use for FF Chartwell: Plotting X and Y coordinates

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