strikeout problems in Adobe programs

Glyphs
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I’m setting parameters, and adjustments to the strikeoutPosition and Size parameters do not change in my InDesign proof when the font is exported and Adobe uses a default (which is way to high), but adjustments to the underline parameters do change in the proof. Anyone else have an issue with this?

Laura

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Where are you setting these parameters? Are you setting them in all masters? And I assume that you are testing with the Adobe fonts folder?

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Hi Sebastian
It’s a variable with two weights and the parameters are set on both masters. Yes, testing in the Adobe fonts folder.

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Are you setting different values between the masters, or the same for both?

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Same for both

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Are you sure that Adobe apps are using that value at all? Can you try in the web browser and see if it works there. Because if it does, that means that Adobe apps may simply ignore these values.

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Thanks. I’m sorry I’m not sure what you mean by trying it in a web browser. It does appear differently in Illustrator, InDesign and Word.

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Differently? As in, correctly? In any case, that sounds like InDesign is at fault here.

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Thanks for checking in. In InDesign it’s high, in Illustrator it looks fine, and in Word it looks ok (but slightly lower). Yet, none of these change when I change the parameter in Glyphs and re-export. Maybe not a big deal if nobody else has posted this issue. I’m exporting as Postscript, in case that’s something to consider.

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The best implementations you will find in web browsers. What does it look like in a test HTML with <strike>?

IIRC Word on Windows used to do it correctly but then again I would only use TTFs for MS Office on Windows.

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It looks like an InDesign issue. I think it’s highly unlikely a designer would be using a strikeout in text. If this hasn’t come up before, I’m thinking to just let it go.

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Is Indesing using the font settings at all? There might be a default in the style settings.

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Yep, mystery solved. It’s a weird option in InDesign under Character settings. I case this coes up again…character panel—> strikethrough options—> offset ( 3 worked fine for me).

You can make it a dotted line, diamond pattern, red, 8’ thick…. so many options…