Align the first line to the baseline grid

[LivingSpirits]

Can I create a paragraph in Publisher V2 by aligning only the first line to the baseline grid?

[Old Bruce]

4 hours ago, LivingSpirits said:

Can I create a paragraph in Publisher V2 by aligning only the first line to the baseline grid?

Not to my knowledge.

What are you trying to achieve with this ability? Say you have a 14pt baseline grid and paragraphs with 13pt leading. Having the first line of each paragraph line up to the baseline grid would result in some rather unexpected gaps between paragraphs, some large some small. If you are wanting only one Paragraph to be aligned (only the first line aligned) to the baseline grid then you would also wind up with some weird spacing issues.

[MikeTO]

2 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

What are you trying to achieve with this ability?

I don't do this myself but you might have a whole book set to the baseline grid except for the captions of photos which have smaller text and tighter leading.

4 hours ago, LivingSpirits said:

Can I create a paragraph in Publisher V2 by aligning only the first line to the baseline grid?

As Bruce said you can't do it but it's an easy effect to achieve, at least for individual paragraphs.

1. Set up your baseline grid and leading as you normally would. Let's say you have 10pt text on 12pt leading and a 12pt baseline grid.
2. If you a paragraph to have only its first line aligned to the baseline grid, turn off Paragraph > Baseline Grid > Align to Baseline Grid. The text should still be aligned to the baseline grid because it has 12pt leading.
3. Now select all of the text in the paragraph except the first word. Use Character > Positioning and Transform > Leading Override and set the leading tighter.

The following paragraphs will still be aligned to the baseline grid. This will work for the example I gave of a photo caption but it's not practical if you want every paragraph to be aligned this way.