Brainiac

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In InDesign, does this custom stroke style possible?

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September 14, 2017
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I need a line that wants its endpoint to be rounded

But not a circle or a rectangle

Just like this:

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Correct answer rjcaldwell70

This seemed like something I might want to do for myself some day...

It can be done in a paragraph style by using a combination of 2 paragraph rules (for the rounded corners) and paragraph shading (to fill the gap), as follows:

It took some tinkering around to get the exact offsets and indents needed so everything matches up, but it wasn't as difficult as I feared.

If it needed to work for headers on multiple lines, that would be problematic unless the width were changed to Column for everything, in which case this would work perfectly for text of any number of lines—the rounded box just expands downward. If the OP intended to use this as a rule only, the offset values can be adjusted so that the rounded rectangle is below the text, although different styles will be needed for paragraphs of different line counts.

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rjcaldwell70Correct answer

Inspiring

This seemed like something I might want to do for myself some day...

It can be done in a paragraph style by using a combination of 2 paragraph rules (for the rounded corners) and paragraph shading (to fill the gap), as follows:

It took some tinkering around to get the exact offsets and indents needed so everything matches up, but it wasn't as difficult as I feared.

If it needed to work for headers on multiple lines, that would be problematic unless the width were changed to Column for everything, in which case this would work perfectly for text of any number of lines—the rounded box just expands downward. If the OP intended to use this as a rule only, the offset values can be adjusted so that the rounded rectangle is below the text, although different styles will be needed for paragraphs of different line counts.

Obi-wan Kenobi

Brainiac

… To do this, you'll need … more! … But could we say 1 click is more!

(^/)

dubloveAuthor

Brainiac

Excuse me

How did you do it?

Can CS6 and below be implemented?

Thank you~

vinny38

Brainiac

Hi.

As for now, it is not possible to create such a custom stroke style.

Now, there are a couple of possible workarounds (Abambo's suggestion is one of them), but they would depend on what you want to do with your stroke...

So, I'll just quote Obiwan:

For what use?
(^/)

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Yes.

Draw a line in InDesign
Window > Stroke, Change the Cap to Round.
You can also set up a Stroke Style to make this easier in the future.

For more information, see https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-stroke-primer/

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

dubloveAuthor

Brainiac

Thank you very much~

NO,I do not want that.

First of all, it must be lines, such as four corners are rounded the same lines, not the port for the semi-circular lines.

I use it with paragraph lines

Abambo

Community Expert

You do it like this: Round the corners of a frame |

A line is nothing more as a rectangle...

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

dubloveAuthor

Brainiac

What I need is lines, rounded lines

Not a rounded frame

I use it as a paragraph line

Abambo

Community Expert

You need to live with what you can get for the moment. Best I can imagine is using my style of frame as an in-line grahics or use those rounded end points as of BarbBinder's suggestion.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Obi-wan Kenobi

Brainiac

Hi,

For what use?

(^/)

dubloveAuthor

Brainiac

I use it as a paragraph line

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