Numbered bullet bug?

[stewart tower]

I have several documents using a paragraph style with lettered bullets. Any bullet starting with "f" does not indent properly. Is this a bug? Every letter works fines except for "f". First time I've seen it.

[Laubender]

"Every letter works fines except for "f"."

Wow! That's an odd bug.

Stewart,

could you share a sample InDesign document where you see this? Just one page with one text frame.

Put it on Dropbox or a similar service and post the download link.

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[stewart tower]

I put screen shots in the post. I can see them here.

[Jeff Witchel, ACI]

Does this happen with just this one typeface?

[stewart tower]

It does change with different fonts. I tried a few but the f is still misbehaving. One font (Tekton) had the problem with every letter.

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

You have a tab set at 1p6.... since the "f" is narrower, the indent is popping to that tab position. Remove the tab position.. you don't need it.

[stewart tower]

You're right; I did have a tab in the text. I cleared all tabs in that paragraph but the paragraph style keeps defaulting to 1p6. It's still acting weird. If I place my cursor in that paragraph, bring up the Tabs pallet and then 'clear all tabs', I get a style override for that paragraph. It seems like InDesign wants to have a 1p6 tab regardless.

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse · Accepted solution]

Yes, delete the tabs like you have done, but then REDEFINE the paragraph style accordingly.

Or, simply EDIT the paragraph style, and delete the errant tab inside there.

The 1p6 was probably an automatic tab or one carried over from a parent Style.

[Laubender]

Good explanation!

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[stewart tower]

Thanks; I seem to be back in control. I'be been using ID since it first came out (I even keep a copy on an eMac, right next to my office machine), and I'm surprised I ran into this issue. One of those days I guess.

[Laubender]

"I put screen shots in the post. I can see them here."

Yes, you did. I can see them as well.

But to detect what's going on we need an InDesign document to play with.

Alright, I took the time to do a small sample document with InDesign CC 2018 that I have just open.

And yes. I can confirm a bug. But not with letter f, but with i and j.

From my German InDesign CC 2018 on Windows 10:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[Laubender]

Yes, you did. I can see them as well.

But to detect what's going on we need an InDesign document to play with.

Alright, I took the time to do a small sample document with InDesign CC 2018 that I have just open.

And yes. I can confirm a bug. But not with letter f, but with i and j.

From my German InDesign CC 2018 on Windows 10:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[stewart tower]

Sorry; I misunderstood. I'm with a provincial government which limits what I can share. I could still make a fake document with Placed text if you wish.

[stewart tower]

To add to that, our IT gods also took away our FTP service. Best I can offer is to email a sample ID document if you'll give me an email address.