kestabrooks wrote:
I replaced the plug in. did an update and replaced the font. It seems to be working now. So basically (I think) that it was because I was copying a page from one document that had a different type of font into another document. It that a correct assumption?
Not necessarily. Font TYPE should not be an issue, but corrupt or badly made fonts can be a problem.
The optical kerning may be paer of a style definition, or it could be applied locally. For a style, you can edit the style to change the kerning method (or, if it's a character style that does nothing more than set optical kerning, remove the style). If it's applied locally you can use Find/Change to remove it. In the GREP tab search for .+ and open the Find Formatting dialog. Under Basic Character Formats set the kerning dropdown to Optical. Leave the change field blank, but open the Change Formatting dialog and in the same dropdown set the kerning to metrics.
Optical kerning is meant primarily for use with glyph pairs form diffent fonts or font styles to try to make them look better spaced. It really isn't a substitute for the built-in kerning in a font.
