Use tate-chu-yoko, Use aki – Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual

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Use tate-chu-yoko

Tate-chu-yoko (also called kumimoji and renmoji) is a block of horizontal type laid out within vertical type lines.
Using tate-chu-yoko makes it easier to read half-width characters such as numbers, dates, and short foreign words
in vertical text.

Numerals without tate-chu-yoko (left) compared to numerals rotated with tate-chu-yoko (right)

Select characters and choose Tate-chu-yoko from the Character panel menu. (Select it again to turn Tate-chu-

yoko off.)

Select any of the following tate-chu-yoko settings from the Character panel menu:

Up/Down

Specifies a positive value to move the text up and a negative value to move it down.

Left/Right

Specifies a positive value to move the text to the right and a negative value to move it to the left.

Use tsume or tracking in the Character panel to adjust the character spacing for tate-chu-yoko.

Note: If the Tate-chu-yoko option isn’t showing, you need to select Show Asian Options in the Type preferences.

See also

“Kern and track” on page 315

“Display Asian type options” on page 333

Use aki

Aki is the white space before or after a character. Usually, fixed spacing is applied between the characters based on
the mojikumi setting for a paragraph. You can change the mojikumi setting for special characters using the Insert
Aki options in the Character panel. For example, to add a space before an opening parenthesis, use the Insert Aki
(Left) option.