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Lina36251441
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February 6, 2026
Question

Text shifts when changing the font style or duplicating a page

  • February 6, 2026
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I work with a colleague. We use the same InDesign files. I have recently encountered a problem. It only happens to me; my colleague does not have this problem, even though he uses the same files. Text sometimes “jumps” down a bit when I enlarge the text box, change the font size, or simply duplicate a page. I have already researched this, but have not yet found an explanation for it and nothing has helped. We both use the font via Adobe Fonts.

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    rob day
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2026

    Hi ​@Lina36251441 , Does the problem happen if you set the text frame’s Text Frame Options>Baseline Options>First Baseline Offset to Cap Height?

     

     

    Brad @ Roaring Mouse
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2026

    Despite saying you are all using the fonts from the same source (Adobe Fonts), make sure you don’t have any old installs of the same font somewhere on your system from other sources. Many of the fonts available in Adobe Fonts and or Google Fonts are released on an open source licenses, so different VERSIONS of the fonts from different sources may have different metrics built into them, specifically in regards to the Ascent height in each font. If the change you are mentioning occurs at the top of a text frame, and your frame is set to Baseline Alignment of Ascent, this can change where the first line aligns depending on who opens it and which EXACT version of the font you/they are using. It won’t necessarily show right away, as text is only recomposed when it’s required to, e.g. when you start to edit or you do things like move or copy a block. Something to look at anyway.

    leo.r
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2026

    What are your InDesign and operating system versions?