Adobe InDesign CC 2015 - Manual (Page 252)

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You can fine tune the rotated oblique effect for individual characters, after applying shatai to text.
Rotate characters
1 Select the characters.
2 In the Character panel, type a value for Character Rotation Specify a minus value to rotate the character to the
right (clockwise).
Adjust aki before and after characters
1 Select opening parenthesis or closing parenthesis with the type tool.
2 Choose the amount of aki you want to add from the Mojikumi Before Character or Mojikumi After Character
pop-up menu, in the Character panel.
For example, if you specify 2bu, half a full-width space is added, and if you specify 4bu, a quarter of a full-width space
is added. This aki will not be adjusted when the line is set to full justification. Adjusting aki is especially useful to
override Mojikumi Akiryo Settings for certain characters.
Use tate-chu-yoko
Using tate-chu-yoko (also known as kumimoji or renmoji) is an option to make a part of the text horizontal, in vertical
text. It is easier to read half-width characters such as numbers, dates, and short foreign words in a vertical text frame,
by rotating the text.
You can move text left, right, up, and down when you turn on the Tate-chu-yoko option. You can also set Auto Tate-
chu-yoko for special half-width characters. Auto Tate-chu-yoko is set in the paragraph attributes.
Use tsume or tracking in the Character panel to adjust the character spacing for Tate-chu-yoko.
Apply tate-chu-yoko
1 Select the text to which you want to apply tate-chu-yoko.