Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual

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The existing character spacing rules in Illustrator follow the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) specification,
JISx4051-1995. You can select from the predefined mojikumi sets provided by Illustrator.

Furthermore, you can create specific mojikumi sets. In a new mojikumi set, you can edit the settings for spacing that
you use a lot, such as the spacing between a period and subsequent opening parenthesis. For example, you might
create an interview format in which you want to have an em dash before a question, and answers enclosed in paren-
theses.

Select a mojikumi set for a paragraph

In the Character panel, set Kerning to zero.

In the Paragraph panel, choose an option from the Mojikumi Set pop-up menu:

None

Turns off the use of mojikumi.

YakumonoHankaku

Uses half-width spacing for punctuation.

GyoumatsuYakumonoHankaku

Uses full-width spacing for most characters except the last character in the line.

YakumonoHankaku (left) and GyoumatsuYakumonoHankaku (right)

GyoumatsuYakumonoZenkaku

Uses full-width spacing for most characters and the last character in the line.

YakumonoZenkaku

Uses full-width spacing for punctuation.

GyoumatsuYakumonoZenkaku (left) and YakumonoZenkaku (right)

Create a new mojikumi set

Do one of the following:

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Choose Type > Mojikumi Settings.

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Choose Mojikumi Settings from the Mojikumi Set pop-up menu in the Paragraph panel.

Click New in the Mojikumi Settings dialog box.

Enter a name for the new mojikumi set, specify the existing set on which the new set will be based, and click

OK.