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Rachel.b.Jackson
Rachel.b.Jackson
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January 3, 2020
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justification alternatives

  • January 3, 2020
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I am building a Hebrew font that uses different gylphs for justification--horizontally elongated versions of letterforms.

 

Is there a way to have InDesign automatically select among these justification alternates? Or must this be done manually?

 

Someone suggested to me that I use the jalt typographic feature, but I am not technically knowledgable enough to know the ramifications of using it.

 

Thanks for any tips or pointers!

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Correct answer rob day

Justification setttings are part of the Paragraph formatting, so you could define any number of alternates as Paragraph Styles

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MW Design
MW Design
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January 3, 2020

I don't know if the Middle Eastern version of ID supports jalt, but my version doesn't. I actually don't know if any application does for that matter.

 

Mike

    Rachel.b.Jackson
    Rachel.b.JacksonAuthor
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    January 13, 2020

    thanks! if it did, where would i find it?

    MW Design
    MW Design
    Inspiring
    January 13, 2020

    Hi Rachel--I don't have a current sub and only have English CS6 at hand, sorry.

     

    Often features that deal with ME text are on by default and have no UI to turn them on/off. However, for jalt, the spec says this can be on or off by default. So if there is not something obvious in the OpenType feature panel, then it would either be on by default without the abilit to turn it off, or, the capability isn't present.

     

    Mike

    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    January 3, 2020

    Justification setttings are part of the Paragraph formatting, so you could define any number of alternates as Paragraph Styles

    Rachel.b.Jackson
    Rachel.b.JacksonAuthor
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    September 3, 2021

    Hey everyone!

    Back at it, 2 years later! Quick question about justification alternatives. I assumed that what a jalt was, was that they were used occasionally to to help with fully justified text. But when I have them turned on, InDesign automatically substitutes ALL the jalt glpyhs in. Am I misunderstanding this feature? Or is it not working properly?

    Thanks!

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