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Is it possible to create circled characters in InDesign?

  • January 9, 2024
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As per subject, I am looking for a way to edit a font so that every character is enclosed in a circle (or other shape, at this point).

If this is not achievable in InDesign, is it possible in Illustrator? If so, how?

Thank you

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Correct answer James Gifford—NitroPress
  1. Draw a text frame.
  2. Write the character in.
  3. Apply the Object Style (which contans Paragraph Style, Stroke, corners, size, kind of anchoring, position in the line.
  4. Cut the frame into the clipbord.
  5. Insert the text curser where you want to have it
  6. Paste it.

A truly wizard method. I can only add that you can use the right-click | Anchored Object settings to fine-tune how the tiny frame sits relative to the text line, and I believe those settings can be added to the Object Style.

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Mike Witherell
Mike Witherell
Community Expert
January 11, 2024

I like ready to use fonts like Adobe Font Kozuka Gothic Pro that have numbers in circles built in.

Mike Witherell
Derek Cross
Derek Cross
Community Expert
January 9, 2024

You can do a search for such fonts such as: 

https://www.dafont.com/uchrony-circle.font

https://www.fontsc.com/font/tag/circle

http://xahlee.info/comp/unicode_circled_numbers.html

 

 

    jmlevy
    jmlevy
    Community Expert
    January 9, 2024

    You can use this amazing script. Actually, it's more than a script, but the author calls it a script.

     

    https://indiscripts.com/post/2012/06/indyfont-build-opentype-fonts-from-within-indesign_

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPress
      Brainiac
      January 9, 2024

      Not really. You could put a border around text and type the characters separated so that the border forms a distinct frame around each letter, but ID would fight it (want to join the letters and make a continuous border, etc.) Your best option is to find a font with circled letters, or, barring that, create your own using a font design tool.

       

      This is the best I was able to do (in a hurry) using Paragraph Border and Paragraph Shading:

      Good enough, but only one letter can be on each paragraph line or they merge the border/background.

       

      You could create an entire set of graphic glyphs using this method, but they would images, not font/letters.

        Willi Adelberger
        Willi Adelberger
        Community Expert
        January 10, 2024

        You can write a single character in a text frame and anchor it. To automatic it, create an object style for font, size, border and anchored position. 

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