Grep Styles - GitBruno/Novelty GitHub Wiki

Expressions for content styling with GREP-Styles in Adobe InDesign

Capitals

Words. 4WD

\<[A-Z\d]{3,}\>

Sentences. 2 MUCH CAPS 4 U

[A-Z\d][A-Z\d[:space:]"']*[A-Z\d]\b

Or if you need something more complex, only digits that are inside all caps:

(?![\d[:space:]]+)([A-Z\d][A-Z\d[:space:]"']*[A-Z\d])(?![:space:]][\d[:space:]]+)

Chapter Number

Chapter number. Chapter 01

(?i)(chapter)(\s+)((0+)?(\d+))

Note: Chapter text is in $1 number in $3, Number without leading zero in $5

Starting Quote

Start quotation for paragraphs using drop caps. “ or ‘

^['"]

Ellipsis

Tracking ellipsis. . . .

(\.\s?\.\s?\.)(\s?\.)?

Space before ellipsis that ends a paragraph.
Control width of space before. #. . .LF

\s(?=(\.\s?\.\s?\.)([\s\.]+)?\r)

Endorsement

Endorser. Bruno Herfst

(?<=['"—–])([\s\w]+$)

Ordinals

Ordinal indicators nd

(?<=\d)((st )|(th )|(rd )|(nd ))

Time

Time format. 9.23 | 14:34 | 00:00:00

\d*\d[:\.]\d\d([:\.]\d\d)?

Devision. am | P.M.

(?<=\d)\s?([apAP]\.?[mM]\.?)

URLs

Hyperlinks. www.brunoherfst.com

((ht|f)tp:\/\/)?w{3,}\.[a-zA-Z0-9_\-.:#/~}]+

Widows and orphans (Non-breaking Style)

Space after I's, A's or a's. I

(?<=[\s'"][IAa])\s

Last space in paragraph.

\s(?=\w+[:punct:](/GitBruno/Novelty/wiki/:punct:)*\r)

Synthetic chemical element

Am|B[hk]|C[fmn]|D[bs]|Es|F[lm]|Hs|L[rv]|M[dt]|No|R[fg]|Sg|Uu[opst]