Using Asian Open Type fonts

Asian Open Type fonts may include a number of features that aren't available in current PostScript and TrueType fonts. It is recommended to use any weights of KozMinPro and KozGoPro Open Type fonts. These fonts have the largest collection of glyphs of the Asian fonts produced by Adobe.

To apply Asian Open Type font attributes:

1. In the Character palette, make sure that an Asian Open Type Pro font is selected.
2. From the Character palette menu, choose an Open Type option.

Ligatures

Creates the standard Roman character ligatures fi, fl, ff, ffl, and ffi.

Discretionary Ligatures

Are typographic replacement characters for letter pairs such as ct, st, and ft. This includes Roman letter and Kanji that become symbols and multicharacter ligatures.

Fractions

Substitutes the expression of "number(s)/number(s)" characters with the pre-made glyph that represents the fractional expression. This substitution covers proportional, half-width, and full-width fractions. But the fractional expression must be using the consistent numbers for the whole expression.

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 Matrix

Substitutes the half-width and the full-width glyph 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.

Italics

Substitutes the standard proportional glyph with the italic glyph.

3. Turn on the MSIME (Windows) or Kotoeri (Mac OS) input method.
4. Do one of the following:
• (Windows) Choose OS Start Menu > Accessory > System Tools > Character Code Table.
• (Mac OS) Select Kotoeri input method by choosing Show Character Palette from the Kotoeri menu.
5. Do one of the following:
• (Windows) In the Character Code Table, select the Show Details option, and then choose All for Group and choose Unicode for Character Set.

Character Code Table A. Font menu B. Show Details checkbox
• (Mac OS) In the Kotoeri Character palette, set the display to All and then click the Glyph Catalog tab.

Kotoeri Character palette A. View option B. Show More Options C. Font information
6. (Mac OS) Set the Kotoeri Character palette font to the Open Type font you are using.
7. Do one of the following:
• (Windows) Select the character you want to use, click the Choose button, and then copy and paste it.
• (Mac OS) Click the More Options button , select the character you want to use, and then either double-click the character or click the Input button.