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October 22, 2017
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Type Horizontally on a Vertical Document Spine

  • October 22, 2017
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Have done this before, but cannot repeat it now. My book has a spine that needs content. Spine object has been created as a portion of the cover based on a template provided by my printing outsource. I moved the spine object away from the main document and rotated it 90 degrees counterclockwise so that I could type into it. What I _seem to be seeing_ is that the string of typed characters is running displaced 90 degrees from the rotated, horizontal spine. (very strange, to me).

Wondering what I'm missing here.

In the meantime I will try to type into the un-rotated spine, to see if I can manage that.

Best,

jwc

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    Correct answer BobLevine

    My guess is that you used the direct select tool to rotate the frame.

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    barbara_a7746676
    barbara_a7746676
    Community Expert
    October 22, 2017

    Without screen captures its hard to tell exactly what you need. It sounds like you have this:

    When you rotate you get this:

    But what you really want after rotating is this:

    If that is the case, and you want to work with a single object, don't use rotation.

    Type the text as you normally would:

    Resize the text frame with the Selection tool

    Change line breaks and center alignment as needed.

    To get vertical alignment to center, choose Object > Text Frame Options.

    And you end up with:

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    teresam96700656
    New Participant
    October 17, 2018

    I am having the same problem. I create a horizontal text box and type my book title. Then I rotate it hoping to look like your second image above. This is what I get.

    BobLevine
    BobLevineCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    October 17, 2018

    My guess is that you used the direct select tool to rotate the frame.

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    Anonymous
    October 22, 2017

    2 ways of vertical type:

    a)

    Create a new horizontal text frame.

    Write the spine text.

    Rotate the text frame.

    Move it over the original spine object.

    If necessary, deactivate the spine object's text wrapping.

    b) https://indesignsecrets.com/setting-vertical-text-in-indesign.php

    Fenja

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