Formatting characters


    Adobe Illustrator gives you precise control over character attributes, including font, type size, leading, kerning, tracking, baseline shift, horizontal and vertical scale, spacing, and letter orientation. You can either set type attributes before you enter new type or reset them to change the appearance of existing, selected type. You can also set attributes for several selected type objects at once.

    Illustrator also includes a variety of options for working with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean type. You can show or hide these options in the Character palette using the Show Asian Options preference. For more information on formatting Asian type, see Working with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean type.

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