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Using InDesign, is there a way to create a repeating glyph on a line? In other words, I need to create a heart border on an oval label. Can the dot stroke be replaced by a glyph? I'd rather not place them all by hand. Thanks for your help.
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Easier to do in illustrator and place the graphic into InDesign. In Illustrator, draw a heart. Keep it selected. In the Brush panel, make a new pattern brush. Choose the selected heart for the sides and ends and corners. Apply the brush to a rectangle. Name and save the Illy file and place into InDesign.
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Michael is right, it's easier in Illustrator. If you have to do it in InDesign:
1. Create path
2. Choose Type on a Path tool to create type on the ellipse.
3. Type a tab character. Use the Tabs panel to set a right indent tab at the end of the type on a path.
4. Open the Glyphs panel and choose a font with a "heart" glyph. Copy and paste into the Leader field in the Tabs panel.
It's a bit futzy to get it right, mine isn't perfect:
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In addition to Michael's good advice, if you badly need to stay in InDesign only, you could just use Type on a Path:
also you can take a look here, but it's just for fun, usually not-so-useful...
EDIT: ah, Steve types faster
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For more even spacing choose alignment Justify All Lines.
Depending on how much the oval deviates from a circle, you may need to add some Kerning to some of the glyphs.
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(Barbara, that's Tracking, not Kerning. There is a functional difference.)
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Yes, meant to say Tracking. I'm totally aware of the difference.
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Yeap! ID is really a sweetheart I totally love!
… The same stroke (with the same text) just reduced with the pen tool!
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(^/)