Page 61 - CC2017_ID_Look_Inside

12. Choose ATC Onyx Italic in the font-search menu.
After choosing the font you want, you should notice that the Control panel shows
ATC Onyx in the Font Family menu and Italic in the Font Style menu.

The applied font appears The specific style appears
in the Font Family menu. in the Font Style menu.

13. Click the Up-Arrow button for the Font Size field until you see a red icon on Note:
the right edge of the frame.
You can also choose from
Each time you click, you increase the type size by one point. The red X is the overset the common preset type
text icon; it indicates that more text exists than will fit into the frame. sizes in the menu, or type

Click these buttons to change a specific size in the field.
the type size by 1 point. Overset text icon
If you type in the Font
Size field, you don’t need
to type the unit “pt” for
the type size; InDesign
automatically applies the
measurement for you.

Note:
When you see an overset text icon, you can:
Press Command/Control-
• Edit the text to fit the space, which is usually not allowable for a graphic designer.
Shift-> to increase the
• Make the frame larger to fit the text, which is not always possible. type size by 2 points,
• Add more frames to the story and thread the text into the extra frames, which is or Command/Control-
also not always possible. Shift-< to decrease the
• Reduce the type size or adjust other formatting options to make the type fit into type size by 2 points.
the available space, which can make text unreadable (depending on how small
you have to make it).

14. Click the Down-Arrow button once to reduce the type size by 1 point.
This allows all the type to fit in the frame.

15. Click anywhere in the selected text to place the insertion point.
This removes the highlight, indicating that the characters are now deselected.

Project 1: Letterhead Design 71