Adobe 22030000 User Guide - Page 85

Sharp, Crisp, Strong, Smooth, Tsume, Kinsoku Shori, Text anti-alias options, Asian text options

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ENCORE CS3 81 User Guide A B CD E FGH Alignment options in the Character panel A. Align Left B. Align Center C. Align Right D. Justify Last Left E. Align Top F. Align Center G. Align Bottom H. Justify Last Top Text anti-alias options Anti-aliasing smooths the jagged edges of text by softening the color transition between the edge pixels of the characters and the background pixels. Anti-aliasing applies to all the characters in the text block. (To apply antialiasing, see "Format text" on page 85.) Anti-aliasing options in Character panel The Text Anti-alias Mode option in the Character panel has five possible settings: None Turns off anti-aliasing for all characters in the text block. Sharp Slightly reduces the jagged edges of the characters, applying the minimal amount of anti-aliasing. Crisp Sharpens the edges of the characters. Strong Makes the characters appear heavier. Smooth Makes the characters appear smoother by softening the transition between the edge pixels and the background. Asian text options The Character panel includes several options for formatting Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) characters (also known as double-byte or multibyte characters). You can toggle the display of these options within the panel by choosing Show Asian Text Options from the Character panel menu. (The Character panel menu contains additional options for Asian text. To apply the Asian text options, see "Format text" on page 85.) Asian text options in Character panel Tsume Reduces the space around a character by the specified percentage. Encore reduces the spacing around both sides of the character equally. The greater the percentage, the tighter the compression between characters. At 100% (the maximum value), there is no space between the character's bounding box and its em box. Kinsoku Shori Determines line breaks in Japanese type. Characters that cannot begin a line or end a line are known as kinsoku characters. Encore includes weak and maximum kinsoku sets. The None option turns off the use of kinsoku shori. The options JIS Weak or JIS Maximum prevent the following characters from beginning or ending a line.

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ENCORE CS3
User Guide
81
Alignment options in the Character panel
A.
Align Left
B.
Align Center
C.
Align Right
D.
Justify Last Left
E.
Align Top
F.
Align Center
G.
Align Bottom
H.
Justify Last Top
Text anti-alias options
Anti-aliasing smooths the jagged edges of text by softening the color transition between the edge pixels of the
characters and the background pixels. Anti-aliasing applies to all the characters in the text block. (To apply anti-
aliasing, see “Format text” on page 85.)
Anti-aliasing options in Character panel
The Text Anti-alias Mode option
in the Character panel has five possible settings:
N
one
Turns off anti-aliasing for all characters in the text block.
Sharp
Slightly reduces the jagged edges of the characters, applying the minimal amount of anti-aliasing.
Crisp
Sharpens the edges of the characters.
Strong
Makes the characters appear heavier.
Smooth
Makes the characters appear smoother by softening the transition between the edge pixels and the
background.
Asian text options
The Character panel includes several options for formatting Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) characters (also
known as
double-byte or multibyte characters
). You can toggle the display of these options within the panel by
choosing Show Asian Text Options from the Character panel menu. (The Character panel menu contains additional
options for Asian text. To apply the Asian text options, see “Format text” on page 85.)
Asian text options in Character panel
Tsume
Reduces the space around a character by the specified percentage. Encore reduces the spacing around both
sides of the character equally. The greater the percentage, the tighter the compression between characters. At 100%
(the maximum value), there is no space between the character’s bounding box and its em box.
Kinsoku Shori
Determines line breaks in Japanese type. Characters that cannot begin a line or end a line are known
as
kinsoku characters
. Encore includes weak and maximum kinsoku sets. The None option turns off the use of kinsoku
shori. The options JIS Weak or JIS Maximum prevent the following characters from beginning or ending a line.
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