Superscript character tag questions--Take 2

[Fred Ridder]

>From your first issue, I think you're missin the point of "As Is". The idea is that when you apply such a character tag, you change only the non-As Is property(ies) and the remaining properties are untouched. This means that a character tagged as Superscript is *supposed to* keep the font and size attributes of the character that preceded it.    

What the Superscript property does is reduce the actual size from the nominal size by a specified percentage, and elevate the character above the baseline by a specified percentage of the nominal point size. (These percentages are set on a global per file basis in the Format>Document>Text Options dialog.) The *nominal* size is unchanged; only the actual size changes. If you use the default superscript percentage settings, a 30-pt character that you superscript will be the same size as a normal 24-pt character (80% of 30 pts), and it will be elevated by 9 pts (30% of 30 pts). If you want the superscript a little smaller, set the percentage to 75% or 70%, but be aware that it will affect the whole file. 

 

If you really, really need two different superscript settings, and you will *never* need to use subscript, you can specify a negative offset value for the subscript definition to turn it into a second superscript with different percentages.


-Fred Ridder

 
> Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 09:49:29 -0500
> From: maker at verizon.net
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Superscript character tag questions--Take 2
> 
> Redone in plain text:
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> Hi, all. No matter how I set it up, I can't get a superscript character tag to work in Frame. Two related problems:
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> 1. I can't get "As Is" to work correctly. No matter how I do it, the "Superscript" tag takes on the font and size attributes of the surrounding text. But . . . even if I could get it to work . . .
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> 2. I would then have superscripts in the same font size as the surrounding text. I mean, if point size is set to As Is, then the TM on my cover page is going to be 30-point type, because the Title font is 30-pt. I would prefer for the superscript to be a few point sizes smaller.
> 
> I think my best option is to create several character tags:
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> Superscript Title
> Superscript Legal
> Superscript Body
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> These would have specific fonts and point sizes.
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> 
> What is your solution?