Text box Frame Line width

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February 27, 2025
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Hello everyone.

I have a problem with the line thickness (outline) of text boxes.

I have positioned several text boxes directly next to each other.
If I now set the outline (e.g.) to 0.25PT, then it is twice as thick at the edges where the text boxes touch each other in relation to the free outer edges.

I have already experimented with the settings “inside, outside, center”, but I do not get the desired result.

I would like to have all lines equally thick.

The text fields are exactly aligned at the moment.

The first text box ends at X:70 and the second begins at X:70

Do you have any ideas what else I can try?

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Barb Binder

Community Expert

Hi @default9r4wwlq692cy:

Welcome to the Community forums. I like the idea of using a table, as previously suggested. Perhaps something like this?

You can learn more about how to use tables in InDesign here: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/creating-tables.html. Note the additional links in the left column.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

tonks_the_auror

Community Expert

There is a quick solution to this problem, which is to make sure the edges of the boxes overlap.

You need to move the second box 0.25 pt to the left so the strokes are on top of each other.

Create a text box 1 inch wide with the left edge at x=0

Add the .25-point stroke and set it to inside so the box is exactly 1 inch wide

Duplicate this text box and move it to the right of first box so the second box starts at x=1 in

Now with the second text box selected, subtract the width of the stroke from x-coordinate of the LEFT edge of the box
(1 in – 0p0.25)

This moves the second box 0.025 points to the left so the two strokes are on top of each other. I hope that makes sense.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Work with an object style
set the stroke to 0 in the style.
Draw the text frames edge to edge with no distance.
At the end set the width of the stroke in the style to the wanted size and middle to the stroke.