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With this script for Adobe InDesign you can determine the x-height of a text passage.

## Script usage

To measure the x-height, mark the relevant text passage in the layout of your InDesign document and click on the »Measure« button. The determined value is displayed in the script panel.

<img width="629" alt="measure x-height" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/19747449/85012596-889b9e00-b163-11ea-9fcd-626be9b8804a.png">

For control purposes, the title bar shows you the font family that is used, the style and the size in points/millimeter.

Of course, such a measurement is only meaningful if the text passage is represented by the corresponding font and not by a substitute font. A small yellow triangle indicates when a font is not available on the system. A warning also appears if the text frame and the font are scaled.

<img width="629" alt="substitute font warning" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/19747449/85012607-8afdf800-b163-11ea-9d83-7dca6df034e4.png">

## Website
https://www.rolanddreger.net/de/503/x-hoehe-ermittlen

## License

[MIT](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
[MIT](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)