2020

TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY
Kerning automatically
To automatically kern text above a specific point size, display the Character pane of
the Preferences dialog box , check Auto Kern Above, and enter a value in the field.
QuarkXPress uses kerning information that is built into the font (the font’s kerning
table). A kerning table contains a number of character pairs — “Ta,” for example —
and an associated kerning value for each pair in the table. You can’t change a font’s
kerning table, but you can create a custom kerning table for any font using the
Kerning pairs dialog box (Edit menu). You can use this dialog box to customize both
horizontal (With-Stream) and vertical (Cross-Stream) space in kerning pairs.
You can create your own kerning tables in QuarkXPress.
Controlling hyphenation and justification
A hyphenation and justification (H&J) specification is a named package of settings
for hyphenating words that go over the margin of a line of text and for justifying
spaces between words and characters. You can apply H&Js to individual paragraphs,
or you can associate an H&J with a paragraph style sheet. Use the Edit
Hyphenation & Justification dialog box (Edit > H&Js > New) to control these
settings.
The Edit Hyphenation & Justification dialog box
Auto Hyphenation: Specify whether automatic hyphenation is allowed. •
Smallest Word: Specify the minimum number of characters a word must •
contain to allow hyphenation.
Minimum Before: Specify the minimum number of characters before a hyphen. •
Minimum After: Specify the minimum number of characters after a hyphen. •
212 | A GUIDE TO QUARKXPRESS 2020