Unanswered Questions
3,253 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Kerning Hebrew diacritics in InDesign
In Hebrew, there are some diacritics which occasionally need to be combined. However, a frequent result is that they will all be centered, leading to a stack of characters which need to be re-kerned. ...
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Where did the early graphic design theory in Asia originate from?
As a North American designer, most of the graphic design theory I've encountered can be traced back to the Bauhaus in Germany. I've also read there was a less famous Russian equivalent to the Bauhaus ...
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Add Git log as table to InDesign Document
I use InDesign CC as the last step in document processing. The source is written in Markdown and converted via pandoc to an InCopy document which gets linked to a text frame in InDesign.
The whole ...
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Inconsistent kernings shown in metrics view in FontForge
I am working to modify an existing font (Sacramento, under SIL OFL license), and wish to adjust kernings after having made a few stylistic changes.
I thought I had found the proper way to do it (...
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Ascender/descender help for brand specifics
Hello everyone!
I'm designing for a brand that requires left-justification for all text, which can make consideration for ascenders and descenders a nightmare. Typically this brand calls for tight ...
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Isolated > medial substitutions in FontForge
I've been working on a font for a fictional language (Ta'agra from Skyrim) and I'm having issues getting the substitutions to work. It's supposed to be written similarly to Arabic where each letter ...
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Multiple-page, varied-information Data Merge in InDesign?
Can I use Data Merge in InDesign to input various information from a .cvs file into multiple pages of a resource directory?
The idea is sustainability for the customer... lay it out once and then ...
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Critique request: Vtuber logo
Was finding a site/forum where I can get some design critique about a logo I am creating for my brand, for the vtubing industry, and found this forum by chance! :D I am not a professional graphics ...
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What is the math governing the shape of Inkscape's spiro paths?
I have begun experimenting with Inkscape's "spiro" mode for curves. Since I usually end up writing Python to create art that Inkscape just doesn't have the tools to accomplish, I'm curious what the ...
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Why are images with proPhotoRGB profile not displaying colours in inDesign correctly
I have been experimenting with exporting images from Lightroom 6 using a variety of rgb and cmyk profiles as both jpegs and tif (8bit and 16 bit). The images all look much the same on Windows Explorer ...
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Ending a Photoshop script when no layers are selected
I've been working with a function I found on stackoverflow here that works as far as I can tell by grouping the layers, dumping layer names into an array then ungrouping them.
function ...
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Does Ink Manager use official Pantone recommended values?
I was wondering if anyone knows if you use the Ink Manager to convert Pantone Spot Colors to CMYK in InDesign is the outcome an official Pantone recommended value?
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Soft proofing grayscale images in Photoshop
When printing a grayscale image it's treated exactly like the black channel of a color image. So in order to get a correct preview of how it will look on print it must be soft proofed with the CMYK ...
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Font with its name displayed in different font
When looking in Microsoft Word, some fonts, such as Wingdings, are shown in the dropdown using a different font for the font's name, so that you can actually read it.
I have designed a font, but its ...
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Is there a way to save the "Export As" Scale All Sizes in Photoshop CC?
Photoshop now has a nice feature you can right-click on an Artboard and choose "Export As.."
Once you do this on the left side of the screen you have the ability to add multiple sizes for scaling ...