How to set the bounding box for the font to be fit to the CAP height in indesign (or at least to control it) ?
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You mean the first baseline offset? That is controlled in the Frame Options (Cmd-B). One of the options uses the typoAscender value. See the Vertical Metrics Tutorial.
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Thanks, it’s quite helpful, I could control the bounding box in Adobe through typoAscenders, but I can understand the pink lines in the attached, can you please tell me what is it?
Also when I tried (cmd+b) all the glyph got highlighted in pink
I’ve just installed " Vertical Metrics Tool" plugin, and all values are showing, I think it’s clear to me now, thanks again.
Cmd-B in InDesign, not in Glyphs.
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this is an Alignment zone. Check the values in Font Info > Masters
I have an Arabic font in addition to Latin letters which I’m using temporarily, when I export the font with Latin the bounding box fits perfectly to the cap height (in inDesign) when I delete the Latin Letters (which I’m intended to), the bounding box goes higher in inDesign even when I force it to be “Cap Height” through cmd+b,
what could be the solution to keep the bounding box fit to cap height even without Latin letters, I tried deleting paths by keeping the Latin glyphs, but again the bounding box goes up, I feel like he is basing the bounding box on some Latin glyph.
Any advice?
That depends on the setting you have for first base line offset. Read this please:
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/creating-text-text-frames.html
Thanks, it says:
(Cap Height: The top of uppercase letters touch the top inset of the text frame.)
but this only works when I actually have “Latin” Caps, and doesn’t work when I don’t have Latin.
Do you have an idea that I can follow in Glyphs which can trick inDesign and make him set the text frame to Cap Height, without caps?, I would really appreciate if you have, thanks in advance.
As far as I understand it, InD measures a key glyph. And that needs to be present. So I would just add Latin A-Z.
If there is another trick, I do not know. Have you already asked in the Adobe forum?