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Using the Tsume (proportional spacing) option


    Most CJK characters are traditionally mono-spaced; that is, each character is the same horizontal width (and height when using vertical text) as all other characters. Some fonts, however, use built-in proportional spacing to account for differing widths among characters.

    You can change the default monospacing to proportional width (and height) spacing for text by using the Tsume option in the Character palette.

    You can change monospaced text into proportionally spaced text with the following fonts:

    • Type 1 CID fonts (Mac OS), which contain the proportional width data.
    • Japanese TrueType fonts shipped with KanjiTalk 7.5 and later (Mac OS).

To use proportional spacing between CJK characters:

  1. Select the text to which you want to apply proportional spacing.
  2. If the multilingual options are not visible in the Character palette, choose Show Multilingual from the palette menu.
  3. Select the Tsume option.