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COGordonW
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May 14, 2019
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Font size is being displayed at the wrong size

  • May 14, 2019
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I've been running into an odd problem recently. If i type a line of type and them enlarge it by dragging it bounding box the the size of the font is displayed incorreclty in the tool bar. It usually displays a very small font size and then another font size in parenthesis. The is presists even when I change the type manually in the tool bar. The only solution is to completely delete the text box and start fresh. Why is this? Here is an example of what I am talking about.

I am using InDesign CC 2018 on a mac running high sierra.

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    Correct answer SJRiegel

    You can prevent this happening again by changing a preference. Change this setting in General Preferences from Adjust Scaling Percentage to Apply to Content.

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    Laubender
    Community Expert
    April 28, 2022

    Cicely said: "The distinction is seen between the two styles - 'long quote' and 'paragraph body' - I must be missing something obvious but I can't see anywhere where these styles should be clashing like this with any character styles etc? They should both be 12pt."

     

    Hi Cicely,

    the case is easy:

    You have applied superscript as formatting.

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

     

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    Cicely21763980xcpy
    Participating Frequently
    April 28, 2022

    Thanks Uwe, you saved me! Have a great day.

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    Laubender
    Community Expert
    April 6, 2022

    Kwooz said: "This did not work for me."

     

    Hi Kwooz,

    then make a sample InDesign document available with one single text frame that is showing the issue.

    Could be also substituted contents. Your issue is solvable!

     

    Thanks,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

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    Cicely21763980xcpy
    Participating Frequently
    April 28, 2022

    I'm also having the same issue and have tried all of the above. Nothing's worked to fix it. 

      jmlevy
      jmlevy
      Community Expert
      April 28, 2022

      I don't see any issue on your screenshots. Can you explain?

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      Laubender
      Community Expert
      May 14, 2019

      Hi COGordonW ,

      you scaled the text frame.

      Either scale it back to 100 % or select it, open the Transform Panel and do "Redefine Scaling as 100%".

      Regards,
      Uwe

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      SJRiegelCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      May 14, 2019

      You can prevent this happening again by changing a preference. Change this setting in General Preferences from Adjust Scaling Percentage to Apply to Content.

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      Kwooz
      New Participant
      April 6, 2022

      This did not work for me.

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