Adobe InDesign Typography and Text Formatting 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which InDesign feature lets you create custom adjustments for how an OpenType font is spaced based on character pairs?
- Kerning (Correct answer)
- Tracking
- Leading
- Baseline shift
Correct answer: Kerning
Kerning adjusts the space between specific character pairs.
Question 2: What does the Tracking control adjust in a selected range of text?
- Spacing between all selected characters (Correct answer)
- Space between two specific letters
- Vertical line spacing
- Paragraph indentation
Correct answer: Spacing between all selected characters
Tracking uniformly adjusts spacing across a range of selected characters.
Question 3: In the Character panel, which value sets the vertical distance between baselines of text?
- Leading (Correct answer)
- Kerning
- Tracking
- Skew
Correct answer: Leading
Leading controls the vertical space between lines of type.
Question 4: What is the default leading method in InDesign when set to 'Auto'?
- 120% of the type size (Correct answer)
- 100% of the type size
- 150% of the type size
- Equal to the type size
Correct answer: 120% of the type size
Auto leading defaults to 120% of the current font size.
Question 5: Which panel is used to apply consistent formatting to entire paragraphs at once?
- Paragraph Styles (Correct answer)
- Character panel
- Swatches
- Pages
Correct answer: Paragraph Styles
Paragraph Styles apply repeatable formatting to whole paragraphs.
Question 6: What does baseline shift do to selected characters?
- Moves them up or down relative to the baseline (Correct answer)
- Rotates them
- Changes their width
- Adjusts their color
Correct answer: Moves them up or down relative to the baseline
Baseline shift raises or lowers characters from the baseline.
Question 7: Which keyboard-accessible feature finds and replaces text formatting attributes throughout a document?
- Find/Change (Correct answer)
- Story Editor
- Glyphs panel
- Links panel
Correct answer: Find/Change
Find/Change can search and replace text and formatting.
Adobe InDesign Typography and Text Formatting 2
Which InDesign feature lets you create custom adjustments for how an OpenType font is spaced based on character pairs?