Lutz Pietschker Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 AP 1.8.2 on MacOS 10.14.5 When I apply a self-defined character style to the first word of a paragraph formatted with a bullet-type paragraph style, the bullet glyph changes. Example: I use the default bullet 1 style (Helvetica Neue regular). I create a new paragraph style that changes (only) the font to "Helvetica Neue compressed bold". If I apply that style to the first word in a bullet paragraph, the bullet point itself seems to change to the new font. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfee Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Hi @Lutz Pietschker, if you go to the Bullets & Numbering section of your new style and change the bullet style to a different character style, or to a new one that you have created this should resolve the problem. I have attached a quick example of the flexibility, as far as I am aware it is normal for bullets to inherit the characteristics of the first word, however you can change this behaviour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lutz Pietschker Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Thanks for the fast reply! I'll check this workaround. "…as far as I am aware it is normal for bullets to inherit the characteristics of the first word" … well, if so, I would consider this behaviour a typographical aberration; bullet style should be identical throughout a list and not dependant on the list content. I am aware that many layout programs make the same mistake, but with respect to the function of a list, I still consider it mistake. Please consider that "bullet 1" is a paragraph style, so it should be valid for the complete paragraph. On top if this I add a character style for 1 word; why should this change the style if something (i. e. the bullet) that is definitely not part of the word? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettm30 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 The developers have stated that this is intentional and not a bug. The bullet takes its formatting from the first character. The workaround is to do as Murfee has suggested and you have done, or you can insert a zero-width space as the first character. Whether it should behave this way is a fair discussion. See this thread beginning at this post: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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