I created a master page with numbering in the corner like so:
It's width was set to auto size so that larger page numbers (say 233), would still format correctly. And it worked when I typed large numbers in by hand:
However, when I replaced it with the Type > Insert Special Characters > Marker > Current Page, this happened:
Master page:
Pages with master page applied to them:
These are the settings that show up when I hit cmd-B:
Any help would really be appreciated. I'm in a bind.
Autosize bases the new size on the text in the frame. But the placeholder character for a page number doesn't have a definitive size - it can be smaller or (much) wider on every single page. It's either intentionally made so (for reasons of software design), or a straight out bug (and I suspect the latter, because text variables suffer from similar problems). So don't attempt to use Autosize for this.
The easiest alternative way is to add a very thick Paragraph Rule below, with its width set to Text Width and a small negative offset to its left and right. Make sure the entire text frame is wide enough for the widest possible number.
