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Some characters in CJK fonts are smaller than the embox, resulting in a large aki between characters when they
are placed on the frame grid. Setting tsume in this way for the grid itself is convenient because it allows mojikumi
where characters are properly aligned in the grid. This setting can also be saved as a grid format.
The Character Aki default in the Frame Grid Settings dialog box is set to “0”. In automated typography, this
tracking is known as “Beta”. Setting this to a negative value for mojikumi causes the right grid to overlap the left
grid in accordance with the set value. Characters input to the grid will be aligned on the basis of the center of the
each grid, so the spacing for each character will be compressed. In addition, depending on the mojikumi settings,
character forms adjusted to less than the maximum width will change on the basis of the value proportion of Line
Spacing Tsume. For instance, when mojikumi is set to half spacing for yakumono such as parentheses, by setting
the Character Aki in the grid to -1H, yakumono will be compressed to half of -1H, thus -0.5H. However, because
character spacings based on tracking in this grid are not applied to Roman text, character spacing for Roman text
will not be compressed in line with tracking. In addition, because this tracking value is applied to the grid itself, it
is handled as an absolute value. For this reason, even if the text font size changes, the tracking value does not.
This feature is enabled by default. To disable this feature, select Adjust Tracking With CJK Grid from the Character
panel menu or Control panel, and deselect the box to the left of the item name.
Adjust tracking by using Grid Jidori
You can justify text for specified grid characters by setting grid jidori. For example, if you select 3 characters
entered and set jidori to 5, the 3 characters will be spread evenly across the grid for 5 character spaces.
1. Select a range of characters.
2. In Grid Jidori
in the Character panel or Control panel, enter a value in the text box or select one from the
pop-up menu.
Note:
Use the Grid Jidori feature in the frame grid. It may not function properly in a text frame.
Adobe also recommends
Highlight text containing custom kerning and tracking
Use mojikumi
Set paragraph gyoudori
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