being a graphic design professional ;), you might get in the situation that you want to insert one or more images inside text (editable and non-vectorized) using indesign.

so you try to convert the text to outlines and place the image inside the resulting frame.
but hei!
even though InDesign can do incredible things with text and images, at first sight it won’t do that… ouch!

in fact, it’s been possible since indesign 2! ha!
all you need are some basic understanding of blending modes and 3 simple indesign steps:

1. choose a bold or black typeface so that the image will be visible through it.

2. go to: fill text - swaches - paper; then type - create outline. and it will look like this:

3. insert the image inside text or simply drag and drop the image you want over the selected text:

isn’t it a child play!? try it! tell me how it feels! comment below!

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