Hanging punctuation – Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual
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In the Paragraph panel, adjust the values for Space Before(
or
) and Space After (
or
).
Note: If a paragraph begins at the top of a column, no extra space is added before the paragraph. In this case, you can
increase the leading of the first line of the paragraph or change the inset spacing for the type object.
See also
“Paragraph panel overview” on page 319
Hanging punctuation
Hanging punctuation makes the edges of text appear more even by moving punctuation marks outside the paragraph
margins.
Paragraph without hanging punctuation (left) compared to paragraph with hanging punctuation (right)
Illustrator provides the following options for hanging punctuation:
Roman Hanging Punctuation
Controls the alignment of punctuation marks for a specific paragraph. When Roman
Hanging Punctuation is turned on, the following characters appear 100% outside the margins: single quotes, double
quotes, hyphens, periods, and commas; the following characters appear 50% outside the margins: asterisks, tildes,
ellipses, en dashes, em dashes, colons, semicolons. To apply this setting, insert the cursor in the paragraph and select
Roman Hanging Punctuation from the Paragraph panel menu.
Optical Margin Alignment
Controls the alignment of punctuation marks for all paragraphs within a type object.
When Optical Margin Alignment is turned on, roman punctuation marks as well as the edges of letters (such as W
and A) hang outside the text margins so that the type looks aligned. To apply this setting, select the type object and
choose Type > Optical Margin Alignment.
Burasagari
Controls the alignment of double-byte punctuation marks (available in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
fonts). These punctuation marks are not affected by the Roman Hanging Punctuation option or Optical Margin
Alignment option.
Keep in mind that the paragraph alignment determines the margin from which the punctuation hangs. For left-
aligned and right-aligned paragraphs, punctuation hangs off the left and right margin, respectively. For top-aligned
and bottom-aligned paragraphs, punctuation hangs off the top and bottom margin, respectively. For centered and
justified paragraphs, punctuation hangs off both
margins.
Note: When a punctuation character is followed by a quotation mark, both characters hang.