Text Shifts Down When Editing in Adobe InDesign

[fh-incentives]

Why is the text shifting down slightly when I open a doc & go to edit the text, this is incredibly frustrating & time-consuming. I have restarted the program yet it is still happening??

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[leo.r]

Does the text shift inside the frame—or the text frame itself?

If the latter, then you may experience this issue:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/elemente-verschieben-sich-um-1mm-beim-anw%C3%A4h...

In which case, check if you're using Magnet or corporate security software, which can cause this problem.

[rob day]

text shifting down slightly

Hi @fh-incentives , Do you mean shifting down relative to the text frame? Check the Text Frame Options First Baseline Offset setting—it determines where the text starts relative to the frame:

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

Ae you using the exact same fonts from the exact same source? Different versions have internally-defined ascents that can differ from version to version (tends to happen with open source fonts that are constantly being updated... e.g. newer versions tend to set the internal ascent bigger than previous versions to accommodate more additional multi-language accents/glyphs). This causes issues with InDesign's text boxes when the setting for First Baseline offset is set to Ascent.

[HARSHIKA_VERMA]

Hi @fh-incentives,

Thank you for reaching out. We would like to follow up on your issue. Are you able to resolve the issue? Please feel free to update the discussion if you need further assistance from us.

We would be happy to help.

Thanks,

Harshika

[oliverb13354066]

Hello everyone, exactly the same problem here. Seems as this problem occurs mainly, if an indesign document is edited, which was initially generated with an older indesign version.

[BobLevine]

Perfectly normal occurrence. If you're going to edit a document created in an older version it's probably best to use the recompose all text command. command-option-/ [Mac] ctrl-alt-/ [Windows]

[oliverb13354066]

Thanks for your answer, but it did not work here. As soon, as i change something in my text (e.g. adding some blanks or characters), the text in my table cell or in my text box is shifting 1 mm vertically downwards. see image.

[oliverb13354066]

... i also tried to install different versions of Adobe Source Sans Pro (Adobe Cloud Font/older Google Fonts), same issue with either font version.

[Laubender]

@oliverb13354066 said: ".. i also tried to install different versions of Adobe Source Sans Pro (Adobe Cloud Font/older Google Fonts), same issue with either font version."

Hi Oliver,

you have to find the exact version(s) of the fonts that were used when the layout was edited the last time.

If the versions are not available anymore you have to adjust your current text composition.

Was the document created and edited by another person?

Then ask for the used font files. In case of downloadable font files with Adobe Source Sans Pro that would be no license problem. Don't mix fonts of Adobe Source Sans Pro from Adobe Fonts with font files on your machine. In case it was a previous version of Adobe Source Sans Pro from the Adobe Fonts online repository, and Adobe changed the ascent, I see no chance to revert to the older version.

Best strategy for Adobe Source Sans Pro:

[1] Use font files you can download to your machine and stay with exactly the same font files throughout the production process for this project now and in the future.

[2] Kick out (deactivate) font files from Adobe Fonts because they will probably change in the future.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

It's not the version of the InDesign file that's the issue, it's the version of the FONT itself. Unfortunately, open source fonts like this one are constantly changing. Here's the difference in the ascent between Source Sans version 2 and Version 3 (which is the version Adobe Fonts and Google currently serve out).

So if your existing document was composed using an older version 2 with the shorter ascent, even if you open it now, it will stay composed like it was UNTIL you make any changes whatsoever, in which case, InDesign recomposes according to your currnetly installed font. In your table, making a change in a particular cell recomposes just that cell. As @BobLevine suggests, force a recompose of the entire document using the commands he stated.