Hanging punctuation InDesign

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June 5, 2019
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Hanging puctuation in InDesighn does not work very well. Sorry to say, Quark XPress is far superior. Maybe I do something wrong – I do it by the book/manual – and it does not look good. Any tips from professionals?

Egil Haraldsen

indesign typography

rob day

Community Expert

I don’t think the InDesign Optical Margin Alignment feature is the same as hanging punctuation. I take to mean there is an attempt to adjust the text block to have better optical alignment, so larger glyphs that take up more space—like a question mark or your double angle quote—move less than a period or hyphen.

BobLevine

Community Expert

It is absolutely for hanging punctuation.

Abambo

Community Expert

I'm with rob day!

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Grant H

Community Expert

Have you tried to set the Optical Alignment?

Abambo

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May be you could start to explain what does not work well. I'm sure the experts in the InDesign - forum can help.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

K

KipTHuurAuthor

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You’re right. Here is what does not work: I want to have the whole quotation mark outside the body of text. In InDesign I only get half of it outside. I use these marks: « ». Egil

BobLevine

Community Expert

Did you adjust it?

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