u/Ebakthecat

Hello everyone.

First off, I am extremely new to InDesign. I've worked in Photoshop for years and have been using it to make the example image below.

I'd like to transition to using InDesign for what I am working on, but what I am wanting to know is if it's at all possible to create text box, of an unusual shape, the scales with the text without stretching.

Here's an image of the shape in question:

https://preview.redd.it/0k7h2xtgikzg1.png?width=1391&format=png&auto=webp&s=a548ace4118581d924afd969e71f6728867a7b07

I am wanting both the header shape to scale depending if it has one, two or three lines worth of text, as for the main body I also want that to expand depending on the amount of text.

In Photoshop this is done by having effectively a top piece that is tapered and contains the header, the main text which is basically just a square that can be stretched to accommodate any size, and then the bottom slanted piece.

Here's a few more examples to illustrate the variance I am looking for:

https://preview.redd.it/k5ozyja6jkzg1.png?width=1044&format=png&auto=webp&s=e3aec224e4b9c95dedd68bde11bef0d12b3921aa

https://preview.redd.it/9qq9vi88jkzg1.png?width=1137&format=png&auto=webp&s=148e688d68cf4ff4e659540c89528ee54e89f580

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u/Ebakthecat — 7 days ago