InDesign for QuarkXPress Users

Chapter 51. Special Characters

To produce high quality type in a layout application, you need to use a variety of special characters. Some of them appear visibly in the text—a bullet or a section mark, for example. Other special characters are normally invisible but produce formatting results—em spaces or page-break characters, for instance.

Calling Out Characters

To insert a special character in QuarkXPress, you’re forced to memorize particular keystrokes, or perhaps rely on a crib sheet taped near your computer. By contrast, InDesign gives you several ways of calling out special characters—including two menus and a palette. However, you can still use keystrokes if you prefer. In addition, if you’re using OpenType fonts, some special characters ...