In Adobe InDesign CS3, stroking text meant a stroke was added to the outside of the text, with only the miter join method your only option. This meant the stroke was squared off on corners with no way to adjust it while keeping text editable. With InDesign CS4, Adobe has added the ability to not only choose an outer or inner stroke, but also the option of using rounded or beveled miters as well as squared. Selecting text gives you the options in the Strokes panel. So what does the final result look like? See below. A 5pt outer aligned stroke is applied to the text, with a square miter join. This was your only option with InDesign CS3: A 5pt inner aligned stroke is applied to the text, with a square miter join: A 5pt outer aligned stroke is applied to the text with a rounded miter join: Notice the rounded corners around the text in the image above. You could accomplish this with InDesign CS3, but it requires you to convert the text to outlines. With CS4, you can keep your text editable. I thought I came across an unnoticed feature with CS4, but I see that InDesignSecrets also found this handy feature. It’s little features like this that make InDesign CS4 worth the upgrade.
