GREP underline effect in different text sizes

[akidaniel]

I have a price with a discount percentage made with a Grep Style applied to:

\s\-.+\%\s

The character style has an underline 27pt thick with a rounded stroke to mimic a sticker:

Now, I want to make the % symbol smaller, but when I reduce the character size by points, h/v scaling or sub-script, the underline effect disappears. When reducing the thickness, the underline shows again but only on the figure, leaving the % clear:

Any solution?

[FRIdNGE]

Finally, just Grep Styles:

(^/)  The Jedi

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

By @FRIdNGE

Care to share the solution?

[Peter Kahrel]

Did you try @jmlevy's solution?

[Scott Falkner]

Instead of changing the point size of the % change the horizontal and vertical scaling. This will keep the point size the same as far as InDesign is concerned. Untested.

[akidaniel]

Already tried it, doesn't work: size, h/v percentage and sub-script

[akidaniel]

I found a solution, but it's not my favorite: replacing the font of the % character with GREP. There are fonts whose % is smaller than the size of the numbers, so, the font size is the same but the % is smaller.

[Thunder-Lightning]

I am interest to see FRIdNGE's solution.

[FRIdNGE]

… After having created a good template (with 1 and 2 digits), if the size bothers you, select the text frame and with the black arrow tool, select a corner and increase/decrease the text frame size (+ Shift-cmd on Mac OSX).

Then, create the corresponding char styles/grep styles (+ maybe some fine adjustments).

Here, I've used "Minion Pro-Regular.

Now I just select all the text frames and apply the "PRICE_SMALL _FRIdNGE" right para style.

(^/)

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Will it work in Table Cell? 

Because that's where OP needs to use it...

[FRIdNGE]

It's a para style with Grep styles!

(^/)

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

I know - but one of your examples have circle going way out of the TF - will it work inside the Cell - or create overset? 

[FRIdNGE]

(^/)

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Ok, but what about the 2nd version on the right? The one with % going way above the price? 

[FRIdNGE]

The screenshot just shows the result of a size change of the "percent bullet" (in orange color) [see previous explanations].

If the user is not satisfied by its first size, before defining char/grep styles, (s)he can quickly adjust it (some seconds).

(^/)

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Sorry, I'm away from my laptop so can't check myself. 

I'm asking about this:

How this will behave in the Cell? 

[FRIdNGE]

… As specified in the cell formatting:

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