current page marker font malfunction if 3 digits or more
The third digit and beyond in the "current page number" marker is distorted in certain fonts, and almost appears to be an old style number (shifted down and squished), even when I set the font's Figure Style to "Proportional Lining" under Paragraph Style > OpenType Features > Figure Style. In fact, it also seems to do it in automated footnote reference numbers, where control of the Figure Style doesn’t seem to work either. However, when I just type out the number using the same style, it appears correct. This issue appears to be in Adobe InDesign 2024 (19.3), but when I got back to ID 2023 (18.5.2) the issue disappears.
This is a HUGE issue because I am a book designer, and most of the books I design are go into 3 digit page numbers or more -- and if I can't control the look of the font, then it forces me to go back to ID 2023 to make it work. It doesn't appear to be an issue in all fonts, but for the ones I tested, it seems to be in ones that have Figure Style options under the OpenType options (such as Proportional vs. Tabular, Lining vs. Old Style, etc.)
- Version: Adobe InDesign 19.3 (v. Adobe InDesign 18.5.2)
- Steps to reproduce the issues: Create a document that is length of 100 pages or more. Add a "current page marker" on the parent page. (I made an example on pages 208-209 in the attached documents. Apply a paragraph style for a folio that has a font that has options. (I used “Adelle” from the Adobe Fonts library for my examples.) It seems like anything above 3 digits, the third digit and beyond are distorted or don’t seem to be the correct Figure Style.
- Expected result: I expect to be able to control the Figure Style of an OpenType font within the paragraph style and not have this distorted character on the third digit and beyond in automated numbering – both the current page marker and the automated footnote reference.
- Actual result: Distorted digits anything the third digit or beyond, even when the OpenType > Figure Style settings are changed.
- I have attached 2 test files and a screenshot, one from 2023 where everything appears normal and the other from 2024 (see pages 208-209 in both docs for an example of the difference).
I don't seem to be able to upload my test InDesign files -- so if somebody could please help I can send them to you.
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William Overbeeke commented
@prd789 I am using the Adobe World-Ready Paragraph Composer. When I switched it something non-World-ready, it did seem to fix this particular issue with the current page markers. But I don't know if it will fix the footnote reference issue. I do wonder if this is all related to the issue that you linked to. Thank you!
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prd789 commented
Which composer are you using? If it's a World-Ready composer, than I think it's related to this issue: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/48169982-bug-small-caps-not-applied-correctly-to-variable
I can repeat your file behavior if I'm using a World-Ready composer, but it appears correctly if I switch to a non-World-Ready composer.