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Typography

Last updated 11/30/2015

Document installed fonts

Fonts in a Document Fonts folder that is in the same location as an InDesign document are temporarily installed when

the document is opened. The Package command can generate a Document Fonts folder when you want to share your

document or move it to a different computer. (Before sharing any document fonts, ensure the font software license

allows it.) Fonts synced from Adobe Typekit are not copied by the Package command. Read more about Typekit fonts

and the Package command

here.

Fonts in the Document Fonts folder are not the same as fonts available from the standard operating system font

locations. They are installed when the document is opened and supersede any font of the same PostScript name.

However, they supersede only fonts within the document. Fonts installed by one document are not available to other

documents. When you close the document, the fonts that were installed for the document are uninstalled. Document

installed fonts are listed in a submenu of the Font menu.

Some Type1 fonts are not available in the document. In addition, Mac OS fonts are not available when running

InDesign in Windows.

For a video on using document installed fonts, see Sharing files with easy access to the document fonts (video).

Multiple master fonts

Multiple master fonts are customizable Type 1 fonts whose typeface characteristics are described in terms of variable

design axes, such as weight, width, style, and optical size.

Some multiple master fonts include an optical size axis, which lets you use a font specifically designed for optimal

readability at a particular size. Generally, the optical size for a smaller font, such as 10 point, is designed with heavier

serifs and stems, wider characters, less contrast between thick and thin lines, taller x height, and looser spacing between

letters than the optical size for a larger font, such as 72 point.

1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Type (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Type (Mac OS).

2 Select Automatically Use Correct Optical Size, and click OK.