Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 - Manual (Page 384)

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Assign languages to text
Illustrator uses Proximity language dictionaries for both spelling and hyphenation. Each dictionary contains hundreds
of thousands of words with standard syllable breaks. You can assign a language to an entire document or apply a
language to selected text.
A “Glockenspiel” in English B “Glockenspiel” in Traditional German C “Glockenspiel” in Reformed German
Apply a language to all text
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Hyphenation (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Hyphenation (Mac OS).
2 Select a dictionary from the Default Language pop-up menu, and click OK.
Assign a language to selected text
1 Select the text.
2 In the Character panel, choose the appropriate dictionary from the Language menu. If the Language menu isn’t
showing, choose Show Options from the Character panel menu.
About Unicode
Illustrator supports Unicode, a standard that assigns a unique number to every single character, no matter which
language or type of computer you use. Unicode is:
Portable Letters and numbers will not change when you move the file from one workstation to another. Adding a
foreign language to a document doesn’t cause confusion, because foreign characters have their own designations that
don’t interfere with the encoding from other languages in the same project.
Platform-neutral Because Windows and Macintosh operating systems now support Unicode, moving a file between
the two platforms is easier. No longer will you need to proofread an Illustrator file just because you moved to it a
Windows computer from a Macintosh computer or vice versa.
Robust Because Unicode-compliant fonts offer a larger number of potential characters, specialty type characters are
readily available.
Flexible With Unicode support, substituting a typeface in a project won’t result in substituted characters. With a
Unicode-compliant font, a g is a g no matter which typeface is used.
All of these things make it possible for a French designer to design for a client in Korea and hand the job off to a partner
in the United States without having to struggle with the text. All the U.S. designer needs to do is enable the correct
language in the operating system, load the foreign-language font, and continue the project.
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