HOW to get rid of Extra/Empty Space Above Text

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HOW to get rid of Extra/Empty Space Above Text

Please, Jesus, somebody help me out here.

Type a letter or number. You blow it up, 300 pts, 400 pts. About then you realize the letter is drifting either downward or upward (depending on the letter...***?) and as it does, it begins to get cut off by whatever side of the highlight box it is in. Naturally, you grab a corner of the box and enlarge it, letter is now fully visible. BUT you start to enlarge it again and to make a long story... i have a letter that is as large as the page (what i want) but it has so much blank empty space above it (in its invisible text box) the extra space makes it take up a third of another page.

I've changed everything possible. There's no superscript, no sub. I've aligned it up, down, taken away that stupid apple default indention of 5 spaces, i can't believe i've missed anything. Can any body help? Three days going on this and still nothing.

Posted on Feb 17, 2016 6:41 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 17, 2016 7:15 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

okay, now you've got me all excited that your detective work might be able to help. but whether it can or not, I don't quite know what the A4 refers to and I've been a lousy communicator, in that i'm not trying to fill an entire page. i took a screen cap of what the trouble is. See how the bottom of the 7 is really tight while the upper area has enough space to throw Minnesota in there. this happens all the time and sometimes if i lower the top, it moves the letter down and it disappears while the lower "box" it's in doesn't move. Other times, it's vice versa. I'm sure it's something stupid and obvious but that's where a second pair of eyes would be very helpful. so if i can bug ya one more time? show me, sensei.

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Answer 2

Feb 17, 2016 2:22 PM in response to ChemistryDecides

What "highlight" box?

All type has space above and below it. Type sits on a band designed by the Typographer to accomodate the tallest and longest characters and give a margin between lines.

You can start by selecting the text and changing the Alignment to Top, Line Spacing to "Exactly", and reducing it as far as possible, probably something closer to the actual font size, but you will always have space above and below.

Peter

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Answer 3

Feb 17, 2016 2:23 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

THANK YOU! i mean, it doesn't help my predicament but it's at least good to know why it's happening and can't be stopped. thx so much!

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Answer 4

Feb 17, 2016 2:34 PM in response to ChemistryDecides

You are not going to get it to fill an entire page anyway because the maximum point size is 1000pts sitting on 1000pt line spacing in Pages 5.6.1.

I found I can more or less centre a 1000pt numeral set in Impact, which has a large setting, to virtually fill an A4 page with a touch of Baseline shift.

Peter

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Answer 5

Feb 17, 2016 7:01 PM in response to ChemistryDecides

I fiddled a bit more with the settings and got a numeral to totally fill an A4 page, top to bottom with a baseline shift of +9pts.

Peter

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Answer 6

Feb 17, 2016 7:09 PM in response to ChemistryDecides

Are you right to do this now or do you need specifics?

Peter

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Answer 7

Feb 17, 2016 8:26 PM in response to ChemistryDecides

You must be an American.

Still working in cubits in case you have to build that gopher wood Ark to rescue the over 3,500 species of termites that survived the last great flood! 😀

A4 is the International ISO standard paper size (297 x 210mm).

1. Don't do this in a Textbox if you can avoid it. I used a standard document and set the margins to zero all around.

2. Choose a font that is large for its setting height. In my case "Impact"

3. There will be a little fiddling with the baseline shift to position it where you want it.

I also did this in a shape now I see that you are wanting this as white text on a darker background:

Peter

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