If I use distribute spacing to set a distance between two text frames, or a text frame and a figure, it sets the distance using the text bounding box. However, I want to set the distance using the text characters. I achieve this by outlining the text, but everywhere I read people are advising not to use outlining at all. Is there another way to do this?
P.S.: Same goes for Illustrator
Winterm, how do I fit the text to the grid lines? Is it something I have to do manually and by estimation?
Baseline Grid is set via Document Preferences (Edit > Preferences > Grids). So it will be Document-wide setting. You should consider your own value here for Baseline Grid increment. It's 100 pt in my sample.
After that you should turn on Align to Grid option for your text. It's a preferable approach to set it as a Paragraph Style option (Paragraph Style Options > Indents and Spacing > Align to Grid: [I guess you should set here First Line Only]).
Assuming you already have set a special Para style for the text you want to align...
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