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Random line spacing in Indesign

Community Beginner ,
Apr 19, 2018 Apr 19, 2018

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Hello!

PLEASE SOMEONE HELP! I've never been able to figure this out: sometimes when I am making a single paragraph that has multiple lines in a single text frame, the leading of one line of text is different than all the others' leading.

Terrible explanation. I attached a picture, hopefully that will help! In the picture I highlighted the text I'm talking about. The first three lines of type are fine. But then the last line has more leading than the others. I also highlighted the text to point out that the WHOLE paragraph's leading is at 11 pts. So that means no line has a different amount, if they were different amounts that leading box would just be greyed out. So in theory they should all have the same amount of leading. I've also tried messing with the space before/after settings, and they're all set at 0.

PLEASE someone help me out with this. Thank you!

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Community Expert , Apr 19, 2018 Apr 19, 2018

You have the text selected, but have not included the paragraph return—Steve wants you to show hidden characters so you can see the return and include it in the selection.

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If I select my return you can see its leading is 19pt and not 11pt

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You can prevent multiple leadings within a paragraph by checking Apply leading to Entire paragraphs in your Type Preferences:

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Select the entire paragraph INCLUDING THE HIDDEN RETURN CHARACTER. Choose Type > Show Hidden Characters to see the Return character. That character probably has a different setting.

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Thank you for this advice. However when I clicked "Show Hidden Character" the settings did not change.

I should also note: there are different lines of type within this same text frame. They have different leading and different font sizes as the one I highlighted. Whenever I delete the text below the original I was talking about, everything is normal with the leading.

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You have the text selected, but have not included the paragraph return—Steve wants you to show hidden characters so you can see the return and include it in the selection.

Screen Shot 2.png

If I select my return you can see its leading is 19pt and not 11pt

Screen Shot 3.png

Screen Shot 4.png

You can prevent multiple leadings within a paragraph by checking Apply leading to Entire paragraphs in your Type Preferences:

Screen Shot 5.png

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Apr 20, 2018 Apr 20, 2018

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Oh! I get it! Extremely helpful and problem solved! the leading is all the same now.

Thank you Steve and rob for helping me out with this!

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