Alignment of Text in Textbox

[katzenbus]

Hi Everyone, 

I am using the Font Spartan for a Print Project in Indesign. The text in the textbox is kinda messy with the alignment. You can see the problem in the picture attached. The "L" has a different starting point than the "B, i, t, r".  As far as I understand the this is given by the font itself. Is there any way to have all letters to the same starting point? 

I tried to google the problem but I couldn´t find anything.

[Eugene Tyson]

Not really and it's a pet peeve of mine.

You can file a feature request here

https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

Unless someone else has a clever idea or script I haven't heard... which wouldn't be unusual.

[Laubender]

Hi Katzenbus,

perhaps you could tweak this a bit using the Story panel's Optical Margin Alignment.

Depends on the font and the point size of the text if that could be successful.

Optical Margin Alignment enabled with 10 Pt as value. Your case could require a different one:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[Eugene Tyson]

Yes, I've tried this before, and where it works and set correctly in one set of text, if you change the text, it can go out of alignment again. Not ideal for updates, plus relies on others opening it knowing what settings to change, and not all know that particular trick.

That's why I'd be hesitatnt to use it.

It would be far more benefical if the text frame actually was the barrier to spilling over into the margin area (often defined for text for free areas).

And for letters to butt up against the text frame, on the left - and on the right when right aligned. 

Instead - commas, colons, letters like j, or t can extend beyond the text frame. 

It's quite annoying.