![]() Everybody else who do not have their own typography and layout engine have to make do with OpenType baseline font metrics information, the advanced typography layout offered by Core Text, and their programming prowess. InDesign J gets around this limitation by creating Kanji virtual body information on the fly along with Adobe proprietary internal font metric tables. All written languages outside of the Roman Empire cultural heritage have been living with the limitations of those computer software decisions ever since. Kanji virtual bodies which were never considered by software programmers back in the early 1980s. It boils down to the western typography baseline rules and conventions which is what DTP layout and digital fonts were built around vs. Western composition is calculated from margins, a wholly different concept.Ī virtual body Kanji with approximate baseline overlay red line. Designers know how many characters (virtual bodies) are supposed to be on a line and on a page before they start composition, and this is how they discuss layout with writers and editors. Unlike DTP layout, which is graphics-driven, traditional Japanese text composition, called kumihan, is driven by how much text will fit in a given space. I covered Japanese typography basics in another post but it’s important to remember a few essential differences: ![]() Korea, and to a lesser extent the Traditional Chinese markets in Taiwan and Hong Kong, have pretty much abandoned vertical layout for mainstream newspapers, magazines and books which still flourish in the Japanese market.Īlso Japan has the most comprehensive vertical text layout composition rules: the Japanese Industrial Standard typesetting and composition specification JIS X4051, the bible of Japanese composition and the only truly complete specification for vertical text composition in the world. In an era of devices where everything is horizontal, younger generations have grow up without the deep connection to traditional vertically written culture. I’ll discuss vertical features from the Japanese typography point of view since vertical text is more important for Japan and Pages/Keynote/Numbers CJK vertical text is not offered in Simplified Chinese. Better late than never, here is a quick overview. CJK Vertical Text Layout in Pages and Bashō HaikuĪpple released updates for the iWork suite as promised, the biggest new feature is vertical CJK text support which should have been in place since 2005.
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