Hyphenation and line breaks, Adjust hyphenation automatically – Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 User Manual
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hang outside the text margins so that the type looks aligned. To apply this setting, select the type object and choose Type
> Optical Margin Alignment.
Burasagari
Controls the alignment of double-byte punctuation marks (available in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
fonts). These punctuation marks are not affected by the Roman Hanging Punctuation option or Optical Margin
Alignment option.
Keep in mind that the paragraph alignment determines the margin from which the punctuation hangs. For left-aligned
and right-aligned paragraphs, punctuation hangs off the left and right margin, respectively. For top-aligned and
bottom-aligned paragraphs, punctuation hangs off the top and bottom margin, respectively. For centered and justified
paragraphs, punctuation hangs off both margins.
note: When a punctuation character is followed by a quotation mark, both characters hang.
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Hyphenation and line breaks
You can specify how words and lines break by adjusting hyphenation settings automatically, or by using the
hyphenation dictionary.
Illustrator uses the same composition methods for line and word breaks that is used in Adobe InDesign. For more
information on using these features, see web Help.
Adjust hyphenation automatically
The settings you choose for hyphenation affect the horizontal spacing of lines and the aesthetic appeal of type on a page.
Hyphenation options determine whether words can be hyphenated and, if so, what breaks are allowable.
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To use automatic hyphenation, do any of the following:
• To turn automatic hyphenation on or off, select or deselect the Hyphenate option in the Paragraph panel.
• To apply hyphenation to specific paragraphs, first select only the paragraphs that you want to affect.
• To choose a hyphenation dictionary, choose a language from the Language menu at the bottom of the Character
panel.
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To specify options, choose Hyphenation from the Paragraph panel menu, and specify the following options:
Words Longer Than _ Letters
Specifies the minimum number of characters for hyphenated words.
After First _ Letters And Before Last _ Letters
Specifies the minimum number of characters at the beginning or end
of a word that can be broken by a hyphen. For example, by specifying 3 for these values, aromatic would be
hyphenated as aro- matic instead of ar- omatic or aromat- ic.
Hyphen Limit
Specifies the maximum number of consecutive lines on which hyphenation may occur. Zero means
unlimited consecutive hyphens are allowed at ends of lines.