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denni2579
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September 26, 2023
Question

Words in indesign distort for no reason

  • September 26, 2023
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Please help me.. I have no idea why this is happening. 

I've attached a screenshot to show you what happens to my text.. 

They keep distorting for no reason. 

No matter how much I keep deleting it and retyping once I move out of the text box the font distorts. It's an adobe font from the creative suite. 

Gills Sans Nova. 

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    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 26, 2023

    Try disabling GPU Performance in InDesign > Preferences > GPU Performance to see if it solves the page display issue.

     

    ~Barb

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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    denni2579Author
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    September 26, 2023

    Thank you, All.. I have uninstalled the app.. cleared all the preferences .. and I have typed it again and it seems to have disappeared.. I don't know what happens for it to get triggered. 


    But nowwww.. when I preview my artwork (shift+W) .. look what happens.. Wow.. what is this? don't tell me I have to unistall it again! noo.. 

    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 26, 2023

    Your black text is Knocking Out—you want to set it to Overprint or you are going to have a trapping problem if this is going to an offset press.

     

     

    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 26, 2023

    System specs? Version of InDesign? O/S? If Mac, disable GPU Performance.

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    denni2579Author
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    September 26, 2023

    Thank you for taking the time to reply..
    I'm on version 18.5  .. I'm using a 2020 16" Mac still on Ventura 13.6. 

    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 26, 2023

    Hi @denni2579 , I’m not seeing the problem here:

     

     

     

    Have you tried trashing your Caches and Preferences folder?

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    denni2579Author
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    September 26, 2023

    Yes.. this is what solved it for me as I didn't know what else to do.. Thank you for replying! 

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    Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 26, 2023

    I wouldn't pay much attention to how it displays in InDesign.

     

    How does it look in PDF?

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