One of the most sophisticated text effects in InDesign is the ability to apply hanging punctuation to justified text in which a slight adjustment of the margin creates a more uniform appearance for the edge of the text. Hanging punctuation is applied by setting the optical margin alignment. This moves punctuation characters slightly outside the text margin . In addition, optical margin alignment moves the serifs of letters outside the margin . To create the effect of a straight edge, optical margin alignment moves punctuation outside the margin edges.
The Optical Margin Alignment setting also moves the serifs of letters slightly outside the margin.
Optical margin alignment is set using the Story palette. To set optical margin adjustment:
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