Operation Manual

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Typography
Last updated 6/15/2014
Leading
A Leading B Tex t height C Larger text size of one word increases leading for that one line.
About leading in Asian text
The basis position for leading can be set through the Leading Basis Position setting in the Paragraph panel menu. With
the default setting (Embox Top/Right), the text line leading is measured from the top of its embox to the top of the next
line's embox. By selecting the line and increasing the leading value using the Embox top/Right setting, the space
between the selected line and the next line will grow, because the direction leading is measured from the current line
to the next line. All other Leading Basis Position settings measure leading from the current line to the previous line, so
changing the leading amount with those settings will increase the line aki above the current line.
Leading includes the height of the embox and the line aki spacing.
Set leading from Leading in the Character panel or Control panel. This is set to Automatic by default. When Auto
Leading is set, the leading value is displayed in parentheses in Leading in the Character panel. This Automatic value
varies for text frames and text in frame grids. The Automatic Leading value can be set from the Justification menu item
in the Paragraph panel. The default setting for the automatic leading value for text in text frames in InCopy is 175% of
the set font size. For text in frame grids, it is 100%, which allows for the grid alignment to spread out the lines of the
text in the grid.
When grid alignment is set to None, set text leading in the text frame with the Leading value in the Character panel.
When grid alignment is set to anything other than None, leading will be applied according to the baseline grid settings.
Note: When copying text placed on the frame grid and pasting into a text frame, the text is pasted with the frame grid
attributes intact, so Automatic in Leading is set to 100%. If line spacing appears squeezed, set a value for Leading instead
of using the automatic setting.
To set Leading for text in frame grids use Line Gap in the Frame Grid Settings dialog box instead of the leading value.
The leading value for text in the frame grid is the sum of the Line Gap value and the grid size (font size). In other words,
if the grid size is 13Q and line gap is 10H, the actual leading value will be "23H".
Please note that for text placed in the frame grid, the default grid justification is set to Center. In this case, the value
between the grid center and the center of the next grid will be the leading value. When grid justification has been set
to None, leading will be applied from the location specified in the grid. When grid justification is set to None, leading
will be applied according to the value set in Leading in the Character panel.