Saturday, August 2, 2008

InDesign v Quark: Type Stroke

Quark

You cannot apply strokes to type in Quark.

InDesign

As in Illustrator, InDesign allows you to add a stroke to type by selecting a text box, and in the Swatches panel or Toolbox, selecting the Type option, with Stroke fill in the front, and choose a color. You can then change the stroke weight in the Stroke panel.

Significance

It may seem trite, but again, we see more creative flexibility on the part of InDesign here in comparison to Quark. Would Quark greatly benefit from adding a feature like this? Probably not, but at least a designer using InDesign doesn't have to step outside of the program to do something like this.

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