First baseline offset options
To change the first baseline options of a selected text frame, choose Object > Text Frame Options, and click the Baseline Options tab.
- Ascent
- The height of the “d” character in the font falls below the top inset of the text frame.
- Cap Height
- The top of uppercase letters touch the top inset of the text frame.
- Leading
- Use the text’s leading value as the distance between the baseline of the first line of text and the top inset of the frame.
- X Height
- The height of the “x” character in the font falls below the top inset of the frame.
- Fixed
- Specify the distance between the baseline of the first line of text and the top inset of the frame.
- Min
If you
want to snap the top of the text frame to a grid, choose either
Leading or Fixed so that you can control the location of the first baseline
of text in text frames.