stlye for more ballanced lines

Question

Which option by pargraph styles would get these lines more balanced out?

Eugene Tyson · Accepted Answer

it's applying a no break style to the last 10 characters (any character) in the paragraph.

If it goes over 10 characters it stops applying the no break.

You can increase the value to 11 or 15 or 20 - whatever you think suits your needs best.

As for my own personal needs

the grep I use is

(?=\w{1,8}..?$)

And again - apply an increase or decrease by changing the 8 value.

This targets the very last space in a paragraph.

Usully I do a find change at the end to replace all before making the PDF. In tandem with about 20 other GREPs to tidy up the text for my needs.

Eugene Tyson · Answer

Either tracking/kerning the entire paragraph so it fits (I tend not to go beyond -30)

Or add a non-breaking space between the two words - or a no break.

I had a grep that was complex for this task to find the last space - I can share later when I have indesign open - but someone else shared a simpler way

Create a character style called No Break and enable the No Break feature in the style.

in the Grep Style

No Break Style

.{10}$

and if 10 is not enough then make it 11 or 12 or 15 - whatever works.

This keeps the last 10 characters no matter what they are as No Break, so they stay together. Just change the number to decrease/increase the requirement.

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