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- Creating Text Frames
- Typing Text
- Selecting Text
- Moving and Deleting Text
- Using the Character Palette
- Setting the Typeface and Point Size
- Styling Text
- Setting Line and Character Spacing
- Applying Text Distortions
- Setting the Language
- Applying Paragraph Formatting
- Setting Alignment and Indents
- Inserting a Manual Indent
- Setting Paragraph Effects
- Working with Hidden Characters
- Using the Glyphs Palette
- Working with Text Flow
- Setting Text Frame General Controls
- Using the Control Palette for Text
- Using Special Text Characters
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Applying Text Distortions
InDesign also lets you apply horizontal or vertical scaling to text. This distorts the text to increase its height or width
. This changes the type from the original design of the characters. Typographic purists (such as this author) disdain distorting
text.
To apply horizontal scaling:
- Select the text that you want to distort.
- Use the horizontal scale field controls in the Character palette to change the width of the text
.
To apply vertical scaling:
- Select the text that you want to distort.
- Use the vertical scale field controls in the Character palette
.
Skewing allows you to slant or tilt text 
. This is also called false italic because it resembles the slant of italic text.
To skew text:
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