10.1

Red represents the em box. Yellow represents the ICF box.
You can align smaller characters with the largest characters that appear in the same line
of text in one of following ways:
• Choose an option from the Style > Character Alignment submenu.
• (Windows only): Choose Style > Formats and choose an option from the Char Align
drop-down menu under the Formats tab.
• (Mac OS X only): Choose an option from the Char Align drop-down menu on the Paragraph
tab of the Measurements palette..
The alignment options are:
• ICF Box Top: Aligns small characters with the top of the ICF box.
• Embox Top: Aligns small characters with the top edge of the em box of the largest character
in a line of horizontal text.
• Embox Bottom: Aligns small characters with the bottom edge of the em box of the largest
character in a line of horizontal text.
• Embox Centered: Aligns small characters with the center of the em box of the largest
character.
• Embox Right: Aligns small characters with the right edge of the em box of the largest
character in a line of vertical text.
• Embox Left: Aligns small characters with the left edge of the em box of the largest character
in a line of vertical text.
• Roman Baseline: Aligns small characters with the baseline of the largest character.
• ICF Box Bottom: Aligns small characters with the bottom of the ICF box.
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