Fraction in InDesign

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November 6, 2017
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I am working on a Mathematics book using an Arial font for my bodytext. Is there any other way to create a fraction in Indesign with an Arial? I've been trying a couple times without any success.

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Correct answer amaarora

Hi,

Use the glyph panel in InDesign to check if a font has fractions in it or not. for example the arial font(version 5.22) I have does have fractions (numerator+denominator) in it. On the other hand Arial version 5.00.1x on my Mac does not have fraction glyphs in it

If a font has fraction glyph it will be shown in the glyph panel and can be applied on text using the "O" adornment visible on text selection.

-Aman

Jeff Witchel, ACI

Community Expert

You may want to take a look at Dan Rodney's free Script: Proper Fraction: How to Make Fractions Automatically in InDesign & InCopy

It will work with any font, even if it's not OpenType.

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Here's a post on creating fractions in InDesign that I wrote for one of my students. It works on CS4 and later versions of InDesign.

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-cs4cs5-got-fractions/

You are limited to the fractions included in the font—in this case Arial—unless you create a GREP stye which can make any numbers separated by a slash into a fraction, automatically.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Jeff Witchel, ACI

Community Expert

Nice one Barb!

amaaroraCorrect answer

Inspiring

Hi,

Use the glyph panel in InDesign to check if a font has fractions in it or not. for example the arial font(version 5.22) I have does have fractions (numerator+denominator) in it. On the other hand Arial version 5.00.1x on my Mac does not have fraction glyphs in it

If a font has fraction glyph it will be shown in the glyph panel and can be applied on text using the "O" adornment visible on text selection.

-Aman