Using kinsoku


    Kinsoku specifies line breaks for Japanese text. Characters that cannot be placed at the beginning or end of a line are known as kinsoku characters. Illustrator has hard kinsoku sets and soft kinsoku sets. Soft kinsoku sets omit long vowel symbols and small hiragana characters. You can use these existing sets, or add or delete kinsoku characters to create new sets.

    Apart from defining characters that cannot be placed at the beginning or end of a line, you can also define hanging characters for hanging Japanese punctuation and define characters that cannot be split when a line is exceeded.

    You can specify whether to push in or push out text so that kinsoku characters are not placed inappropriately.

To select kinsoku settings for a paragraph:

    In the Paragraph palette, choose an option from the Kinsoku Set pop-up menu:

    • None to turn off the use of kinsoku shori.
    • Soft or Hard to prevent the following characters from beginning or ending a line:

    Soft Set

    Characters that can't begin a line

    Soft-set Kinsoku settings that can’t begin a line

    Characters that can't end a line

    Soft-set Kinsoku settings that can’t end a line

    Hard Set

    Characters that can't begin a line

    Hard-set Kinsoku settings that can’t begin a line

    Characters that can't end a line

    Hard-set Kinsoku settings that can’t end a line

To create a new kinsoku set:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Choose Type > Kinsoku Shori Settings.
    • Choose Kinsoku Settings from the Kinsoku Set pop-up menu in the Paragraph palette.
  2. In the Kinsoku Shori Settings dialog box, click New Set.
  3. Enter a name for the kinsoku set, specify the existing set on which the new set will be based, and click OK.
  4. To add a character to a field, select the field, and do one of the following:
    • Enter a character in the Input box, and click Add.
    • Specify the code system (Shift JIS, JIS, Kuten, or Unicode), enter the code, and click Add.
  5. To delete a character in a field, select the character and click Delete. Alternatively, press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Mac OS).
  6. To check the character code currently selected, select Shift JIS, JIS, Kuten, or Unicode, and display the code system.
  7. Click Save or OK to save the settings. Click Cancel if you don't want to save the settings.

To export a kinsoku set:

    In the Kinsoku Shori Settings dialog box, click Export. Select a location for the file, enter a file name, and click Save.

    Illustrator saves the file in ATK format.

To import a kinsoku set:

    In the Kinsoku Shori Settings dialog box, click Import. Select a KSK file, and click Open.

To delete a kinsoku set:

    In the Kinsoku Shori Settings dialog box, choose the kinsoku set you want to delete from the pop-up menu. Then click Delete Set.

    Note: You cannot delete predefined kinsoku settings.

To set bunri-kinshi on and off:

    In the Paragraph palette, choose Bunri-kinshi from the Palette menu. This option is only available when kinsoku shori is on.

    When Bunri-kinshi is on, the characters specified in the Bunri-Kinshi section of the Kinsoku Shori Settings dialog box will not be split.

To specify whether to push in or push out kinsoku text:

  1. In the Paragraph palette, choose Kinsoku Shori Type from the palette menu.
  2. Choose an option from the submenu: Push In First, Push Out First, or Push Out Only. Kinsoku shori must be on for the option to take affect.