Before, 4th-5th minor update was finally ready for use in production...
Looks like the latest 21.5.1 messes with Tables... And still has some other bugs...
Fortunately, I'm still on 2025 😉😉
Total noob here so excuse lack of professional terms but need to use a baseline grid for a university assignment and nothing I look up seems wrong when I cross check with my document…
My text isn’t aligned with the baseline grid no matter what I do.
I noticed each gridline somehow goes small, then bigger then back to small etc.
Any ideas how to fix this? I really don’t understand and it’s super frustrating!
I keep hearing that for printed books, especially body text, serif typefaces are generally preferred because they are easier or more comfortable to read.
But then I look at magazines and a lot of them use sans serif for body text too, sometimes quite extensively.
So what’s the actual reason?
Is serif really more readable in print, or is that mostly a convention we’ve carried forward because books have traditionally used serif typefaces?
And if magazines use sans serif so extensively, is that primarily because their content is also designed for digital/web publishing, or are there other reasons related to magazine typography and editorial design?
I also remember watching a video where the designer explained that serif typefaces can have an advantage on print but may not work as well on screens because the small serifs and fine strokes can become pixelated or difficult to render, especially at low resolutions. That made me wonder if the widespread use of sans serif in magazines has anything to do with digital publishing as well.
What do you think? Is serif actually better for reading in print, or is it mostly just a convention we’ve gotten used to?
I’m working on a book and have been using positional labels for image captions throughout, such as Top:, Left:, Right:, etc.
On this particular spread, I have two images positioned at the top. One is the main image, while the other is a smaller image overlapping it toward the bottom-right.
How would you label these while keeping the caption system consistent?
Would you use:
I’ve also seen a publisher use numbered labels such as 1, 2, 3, with the corresponding numbers used in the captions to identify each image.
For those of you who work in book design, editorial design, or publishing, what approach do you prefer?
I can't unsee the little thing next to the scroll as the underside of a coffee bean. Does someone see something else?
Hear ye, good folk!
I completed my task and shall grant you this free Bento Grid plugin for InDesign. One click, and the layout summons itself – no sorcery required, only craftsmanship.
Follow this path and the download shall be delivered unto thee:
*Medieval stops*
Hi everyone, Marcus from Adobe here. A couple of weeks ago I asked if you would be interested in a Bento grid plugin for InDesign. We exchanged value insights and I kept working on it. Now it's ready for you to test it. It's a UXP Plugin, so just double click and let it install via your CC app.
Not, this is not an official Adobe product, just a personal project - so use at your own risk.
Thank you!
Edit: I'm on PC.
When I go to package my file, it tells me there's a missing font (picts 1 and 2): Times New Roman. However, when I try to "find/replace," that font wasn't used in my document, so I can't replace it.
Does this mean the font was used in some shrunk-down text box somewhere? How can I fix this? Or can I ignore it and package it anyway without creating problems for the printer?
This has never happened before; in the past when there have been font errors, I've been able to replace them. Please note that I'm not very tech savvy, so might require simple explanations! Thanks in advance.
I often work in InDesign files alongside a designer. Occasionally, when the designer opens, updates, and saves the file, InDesign appears to generate a separate file with their computer/device ID appended to the end of the filename (e.g., "InDesignFile-Computer1234.INDD"). I typically open files from the recent files section on the InDesign homepage, so I don't always realize that a separate file has been created. That can result in my inadvertently editing an out-of-date file, which can cause massive headaches later in the design process.
Obviously, I need to get in the habit of checking the file's folder to see if a second version has been created. But I'd like to prevent this from happening in the first place.
For context, we're on PCs and using OneDrive. Is this something I can fix myself, or should I consult with our internal IT department or Adobe support?
Hey everyone! 👋
If you often prepare technical drawings, packaging layouts, dielines, architecture/floorplans, or spec sheets in InDesign, you know how tedious it is to manually draw dimension lines, arrows, and measurement text labels.
I built ID Dimension — a free and open-source tool for Adobe InDesign that automates this entire process.
Ctrl / Cmd).mm, cm, in, pt, and px with automatic precision control (0 to 3 decimal places).layout) and can draw outside page/spread boundaries.min, med, max).The project is completely free and open-source: 👉 GitHub Repository & Download
(If you also use Adobe Illustrator, check out the sibling project: AI Dimension)
Hope this saves you some time in your workflow! Feedback, feature requests, and bug reports are very welcome!
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Earlier this year, I made the tough choice to step away from my role due to a health issue. I’m happy to share that I’m now fully recovered and eager to return to work!
Lately, I’ve been receiving great opportunities in print and packaging design. While I come from a general design background, I’ve never worked directly in prepress or packaging. I’m keen to learn and adapt, so I’m reaching out to this amazing community for guidance on how to properly set up package printing files for production.
If you have any tips, guides, or resources to share, I would be immensely grateful. Thank you for your support!
I chose Freight Text Pro Light for the body copy. Now that the book is done, the client asked me if I could make the text a "darker black." I explained how ink works, but I think she means a heavier weight. I could update the Paragraph Style and change it to Freight Text Pro Book, but of course, that will make nearly everything re-flow. There are 250 photos in the book, with captions, as well as tables, all done in Freight Sans Book, which I'd have to bump up to Medium.
Not sure why I'm posting – partly to vent, and partly to ask what you would do in this situation. I've told her it would take a LOT more hours to re-do everything, and I've also asked her to wait until we get a high-quality proof before making a final decision. I also said that the time to have asked for this change was several months ago, when she first saw the design. Argh.
So I am just a novice user but what is the best way you have found for making different sizes of the same flyer like going from 12x18 to 8x11? Do you prefer the alternative layout method or the change layout method? Or something else entirely?
I am currently formatting a book that almost exclusively has pictures in it. There will be four pictures on each page and they'll all be the same size. There will be 50 pages worth of this. So my question is, is there a way to streamline this process? Instead of having to resize four pictures individually and then align all four so they're equal distance from each other and the edge of the page for 50 pages. Can I create some sort of template format for every page and then just drag and drop the pictures into the pre-sized placements? Maybe using the master page somehow? Or some other way? Thanks and have a great rest of your day!
Hi everyone,
I'm having a color-management issue between Adobe Illustrator and InDesign and I'm trying to understand how much it'll be inpatting my final print.
I created a CMYK color palette in Illustrator and imported it into InDesign via .ASE
When I use it in Illustrator in a CMYK file I'm not having any issues but as soon as I use it in a Indesign file the colors just don't look the same (yes my Indesign file is CMYK).
E.g., for the Black I'm using I have exactly the same CMYK values in both applications, but:
The difference is quite noticeable even though the CMYK values are identical.
Both programs are using Coated FOGRA39 as color profile.
My main concern is: which appearance should I trust for printing? Is it just a preview error from Indesign?
Can someone help me?
p.s. I also exported the Id file in pdf but it didn't fix the issue.
A small script to round off frames that snaps the position and size of your objects back to clean, whole values in the measurement unit your document is already using. Using a floating palette.
Shift-click the Round Off button to open Edit Increments.
Free or Pay what you want! Go > Round Off Frames
A real relief for the OCD among us! 😉
Modular kitchen, wardrobes, crockery, unit interiors recently, complete the kitchen
For some reason when I add new pages they all now show up on the right side and when I change anything in the A Master pages, it will only affect the pages in the middle and not the succeeding pages on the right. Please how do I fix all these pages?
Helllo!
Absolute beginner here with EasyCatalog, I literally just downloaded the plugin today and I have zero idea what I'm doing lol. I've done Data Merge before in InDesign so I'm not totally new to automated layouts, but EasyCatalog feels like a whole different thing.
The reason I jumped into it is because I have a yearbook project for a client and this time the design has two different card layouts depending on whether the student lands on a left or right page. The photos and text blocks flip sides. Data Merge can't handle that so someone suggested EasyCatalog.
I don't even know where to begin honestly. Like I opened the plugin and I see a data panel and some options but I don't know what order to do things in or what the Pagination module even does.
If anyone could point me to a good beginner tutorial or just tell me the basic steps to get started I would really appreciate it. Bonus if you know how to handle the alternating left/right design thing because that's ultimately what I need to pull off.
Thanks so much, any help at all would be amazing.
I am working with a vendor company to print some banners and they are telling me my colors are not matching their PMS. Our color is PMS 342, and the hex code should be #006747. I have the color set to spot color in my library but everytime I go to edit in in indesign it changes the hex code to #006847 for some reason and refuses to change. What am I doing wrong?
