Editable fractions in Indesign instead of vectors?

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July 22, 2018
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Is there a way to use editable fractions within InDesign? I tried using math type and it pastes a vector. I am using stacked fractions and long square root symbols.

In order to edit any math equation, I have to open math type application separately, and edit it. Is there any other suitable way for this? I am using CC 2018 version on Windows 10 Pro 64 bit.

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MW Design

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Personally I think the MT solution is the quickest way to accomplish the task. I create a character style that centers the equation on the line. Sometimes I have needed to create more than one, depending upon the stacking height and where the publisher desires them and their context.

There is only one font (technically two) I am aware of that even does arbitrary nut fractions. It's name is nutso and can be found on Github if I recall. There is a second version of the same font as well.

But for equations, I know of no font that can arbitrarily create equations. And even if so, it may well be slower than just using MT or one of the other math equation authoring tools.

Well, I take that back. One can typeset such things in LaTeX. In fact, there is an OpenSource word processor that has a great equation editor--but i still think it's slower than MT. Many/Most math books and scientific journals are typeset in LaTeX.

Mike

Sjaani

Community Expert

Could Glyphs possibly be used to help create the look you need?
A similar question was asked in regards to Illustrator. https://forums.adobe.com/thread/833467
The suggestion is to use glyphs from Myriad Pro.
You can access the Glyph table by going to Type > Glyphs

Another thought I have is that you could use Grep Styles to automate the fraction layout.

Thirdly if the formula layout is consistent you could create a master page with the layout, possibly as an image, then add text boxes where required in order to have editable text.

Bill Silbert

Community Expert

Using Opentype instead of truetype or postscript gives a lot more latitude with fractions. Check out this link https://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fyti/using-type-tools/opentype-fractions for more information.

dzgnr89Author

Inspiring

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Bill+Silbert wrote
Using Opentype instead of truetype or postscript gives a lot more latitude with fractions. Check out this link https://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fyti/using-type-tools/opentype-fractions for more information.

This is not what I'm looking for. My fractions are stacked. They have a horizontal division between two numbers and don't have a slash as seen in the example shared by you.