Asian type

Choose Edit > Preferences > Type (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Type (Mac OS).

Select from the following options:

Displays Asian font names in English.

Displays Asian type options in the Character and Paragraph panels.

Select the characters you want to adjust.

In the Character panel, enter or select a percentage for Tsume  . 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.

Select the paragraphs you want to adjust.

Choose a leading option from the Paragraph panel menu.

Measures the spacing between lines of type from the top of one line to the top of the next line. When you use top‑to‑top leading, the first line of type in a paragraph is aligned flush with the top of the bounding box.

For horizontal type, measures the space between lines of type from the type baseline. When you use bottom-to-bottom leading, space appears between the first line of type and the bounding box. A check mark indicates which option is selected.

Select the characters you want to rotate.

Choose Tate‑Chu‑Yoko from the Character panel menu. A checkmark indicates that the option is turned on.

With the Photoshop 23.0 (October 2021) release, you can also choose the icon from the Type Layer Properties panel. In this case, the highlighted icon indicates the option is turned on.

In the Character panel menu, choose an option from the Character Alignment submenu:

Aligns the small characters in a line to the large character.

Aligns the small characters in a line to the specified position of the large character’s em box. In vertical text frames, Em box Top/Right aligns the text to the right of the em box, and Em box Bottom/Left aligns the text to the left of the em box.

Aligns the small characters in a line to the ICF specified by the large characters. In vertical text frames, ICF Top/Right aligns the text to the right of the ICF, and ICF Bottom/Left aligns the text to the left of the ICF.

Select vertical type.

Choose either Underline Left or Underline Right from the Character panel flyout menu.

With the Type tool selected, do one of the following:

• On an existing type layer, select the characters or type objects to which you want to apply the setting.

• Click the image to create a new type layer.

In the Character panel, make sure that an Asian OpenType Pro font is selected.

From the Character panel flyout menu, choose an OpenType option.

Japanese 78    Substitutes the standard glyph with the jp78‑variant glyph.

Japanese Expert    Substitutes the standard glyph with the expert-variant glyphs.

Japanese Traditional    Substitutes the standard glyph with the traditional-variant glyph.

Proportional Metrics    Substitutes the half-width and the full-width glyphs with the proportional glyph.

Kana    Substitutes the standard kana glyph with the horizontally optimized kana glyph for horizontal layout. However, the differences are often very subtle.

Roman Italics    Substitutes the standard proportional glyph with the italic glyph.

For more information, see Apply OpenType features.

In the Paragraph panel, choose an option from the Mojikumi pop‑up menu. 

With the Photoshop 23.0 (October 2021) release, Mojikumi pop-up menu can also be accessed from the Type Layer Properties panel

Turns off the use of mojikumi.

Uses half‑width spacing for punctuation.

Uses full‑width spacing for most characters except the last character in the line.

Uses full‑width spacing for most characters and the last character in the line.

Uses full‑width spacing for all characters.

In the Paragraph panel, choose an option from the Kinsoku pop‑up menu. 

With the Photoshop 23.0 (October 2021) release, the Kinsoku pop-up menu can also be accessed from the Type Layer Properties panel.

Turns off the use of kinsoku shori.

Prevents the following characters from beginning or ending a line:

From the Paragraph panel flyout menu, choose Kinsoku Shori Type and then choose one of the following methods:

Moves characters up to the previous line to prevent prohibited characters from ending or beginning a line.

Moves characters down to the next line to prevent prohibited characters from ending or beginning a line.

Always moves characters down to the next line to prevent prohibited characters from ending or beginning a line. A push-in is not attempted.

A check mark indicates which method is selected.

In the Paragraph panel, choose Burasagari from the panel menu.

With the Photoshop 23.0 (October 2021) release, the Burasagari option can also be set using a pop-up menu in the Type Layer Properties panel.

Choose an option from the submenu:

Turns off hanging punctuation.

Turns on hanging punctuation without forcing ragged lines to the bounding box edge.

Forces punctuation outside the bounding box by spreading lines that end within the bounding box and end with one of the hanging characters.