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Words at end of line squished together

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December 5, 2017
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Hi,

I have a frustrating problem with InDesign CS6. In only one line of the text, the two words at the end of the line are squished together so that it looks like I didn't put a space between them even though I did. I have tried messing with the paragraph styles to no avail. I am using left aligned and not justified, so I'm not sure why it's doing this. The kerning and tracking are both set to 0. If anyone has an idea of how to fix this, please let me know.

Thanks,

Lara

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Erica Gamet

Inspiring

I would guess it's a font issue. Any chance you can post the text in an InDesign file for us to play with?

wrensauer

Inspiring

Hi Lara, were you able to resolve your spacing issue with any of the solutions or do you still need assistance?

Best,

Wren

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cateatsfood

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I am curious as I also have the same issue only it is with text variables. No adjusting of kerning works which is frustrating. It only works when the text is on it's own line, and not mixed in with other content. Very frustrating indeed.

vinny38

Legend

Hi

(This looks like the monthly InDesignSecrets riddle contest ^^)

One question: What happens if you replace your font?

Lara M TAuthor

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I just figured out what tracking is and how to check it. The tracking was set to 0, but when I tried to increase it, it didn't seem to help push the words apart.

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Laubender

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Hi Lara,

did you try to remove the blank between "the" and "controller" and add a new typed blank?

Or to retype the two words?

Regards,
Uwe

Lara M TAuthor

Known Participant

When I delete the word file, it looks like there is too much space between the words at the beginning of the line, but the words at the end of the line are still squished together.

@Derek, I am not sure how to check the tracking. How do you do that?

Lara M TAuthor

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Here is a close up screenshot. I have the paragraph markers on, so you can see that I have tried to add space between the two words (the green dots), but it's not working.

Derek Cross

Community Expert

Have you checked the tracking on those words?

Lara M TAuthor

Known Participant

I tried removing the Ligature function, and it's still happening.

Barb Binder

Community Expert

But there is an fi on that line—file. Where did you disable ligatures? And if you delete the word "file" for just a moment, does the spacing issue resolve itself? (Edit: if it does, it may look worse! It looks like you have five spaces between the and controller that are all being ignored.)

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Lara M TAuthor

Known Participant

It's only happening with the words "the controller". There's no "fi" or "fl" in there. I noticed that if I move "controller" to the next line, the words "storedin" are squished together. It seems to want to squish two words in that line, but I haven't seen it happen in any of the other lines in the document.

Lara M TAuthor

Known Participant

No, they are not text variables (at least I don't think so).

Here is a screenshot.

Jongware

Community Expert

Does this happen with all lines containing "fi"? (And if so, probably "fl" as well, and possibly more.)

If that is the case, it's the Ligature function that messed up your spacing. It is enabled by default; see what happens if you disable it. For a font such as this, it should probably not matter much.

If this solves the problem, contact DTL.

amaarora

Inspiring

Hi,

Can you add a screenshot showing the issue?

Are they text variables by any chance?

-Aman

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