MAJOR BUG? cant see the another character on selection of character

[stephen183835897]

i want this working. It did work earlier. Here is a capture of screen. On first line, on character selection i see other characters. In second line when i select character i dont see the blue line and other characters. Is anyone also seeing this or i am missing something?

I am Using Indesign 12.0.0.81 and on Windows 10

[amaarora · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Can you tell us what language(region) of InDesign your are using?

Can you check the composer of the second line of the text? As much as i can tell, this seems that on second line of text you have "World Ready composer". To check do the following:

1. Insert cursor on second line

2. Open paragraph panel and check the composer from the paragraph panel menu

If it is "World Ready composer" then this is not a bug, and it is a "as designed" behavior introduced in CC 2017.0

Otherwise do submit a bug report on Feature Request/Bug Report Form

Also, to see the "another characters" i recommend you see the Glyphs panel.

-Aman

[stephen183835897]

Perfect and quick.

But i like the blue line.i dont know what glyphs panel is but i will see it.

Thanks.

[amaarora]

Hi,

I dont think you can get the blue line with the "World Ready composer". Use the glyphs panel this way:

From type menu open Glyphs. Enter the unicode value of the character in the search bar of the panel. All the results you now see will be the ones you would have seen with the "blue line"

PS: to get the uncode value, highlight the character and from the glyphs panel note the unicode value

-Aman

[jane-e]

The blue line is for Alternate Glyphs. Not every typeface has Alternate Glyphs and not every glyph has alternate

Here is the Glyphs panel, and this typeface has some characters with alternates and others without. The triangles indicated alternates, and you will see the blue line for these

Here is the Glyphs panel, and this typeface has no alternates. There are no triangles and there will be no blue lines.

Note: the blue line feature can be turned on or off in Preferences > Advanced Type > Show for Alternates

My favorite method, however, is to select text, use the OpenType menu and create either a Paragraph or Character Style, depending on how much and what is changing. And if it's a Character Style, then apply it with GREP to the Paragraph Style when possible.

[amaarora]

jane-e  wrote

The blue line is for Alternate Glyphs. Not every typeface has Alternate Glyphs and not every glyph has alternate

Here is the Glyphs panel, and this typeface has some characters with alternates and others without. The triangles indicated alternates, and you will see the blue line for these

An important piece of information I missed.

-Aman