Illustrator

Use kinsoku

Kinsoku specifies line breaks for Japanese text. Characters that cannot be placed at the beginning or end of a line are known as kinsoku characters. Illustrator has hard kinsoku sets and soft kinsoku sets and Photoshop has weak and maximum sets. Soft or weak kinsoku sets omit long vowel symbols and small hiragana characters. You can use these existing sets, or add or delete kinsoku characters to create new sets.

You can also define hanging characters for hanging Japanese punctuation and define characters that cannot be split when a line is exceeded.

You can specify whether to push in or push out text so that kinsoku characters are not placed inappropriately.

Select kinsoku settings for a paragraph

 In the Paragraph panel, choose an option from the Kinsoku Set pop‑up menu:
None
Turns off the use of kinsoku shori.

Soft or Hard
Prevents selected characters from beginning or ending a line.

Create a new kinsoku set

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Choose Type > Kinsoku Shori Settings.

    • Choose Kinsoku Settings from the Kinsoku Set pop‑up menu in the Paragraph panel.

  2. In the Kinsoku Shori Settings dialog box, click New Set.
  3. Enter a name for the kinsoku set, specify the existing set on which the new set will be based, and click OK.
  4. To add a character to a field, select the field, and do one of the following:

    • Enter a character in the Input box, and click Add.

    • Specify the code system (Shift JIS, JIS, Kuten, or Unicode), enter the code, and click Add.

  5. To delete a character in a field, select the character and click Delete. Alternatively, press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Mac OS).
  6. To check the character code currently selected, select Shift JIS, JIS, Kuten, or Unicode, and display the code system.
  7. Click Save or OK to save the settings. Click Cancel if you don’t want to save the settings.

Use kinsoku sets

 In the Kinsoku Shori Settings dialog box, do any of the following:

  • To export a kinsoku set, click Export. Select a location for the file, enter a filename, and click Save.

    Illustrator saves the file in KSK format.

  • To import a kinsoku set, click Import. Select a KSK file, and click Open.

  • To delete a kinsoku set, choose the kinsoku set you want to delete from the pop‑up menu. Then click Delete Set.

    Note: You cannot delete predefined kinsoku settings.

Specify a kinsoku line-breaking option

Kinsoku shori or mojikumi must be selected to use the following line-breaking options.

 From the Paragraph panel menu, choose Kinsoku Shori Type and then choose one of the following methods:
Push In First
Moves characters up to the previous line to prevent prohibited characters from ending or beginning a line.

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

Push Out Only
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.

Set bunri-kinshi on and off

When Bunri-kinshi is selected, the characters specified in the Bunri-Kinshi section of the Kinsoku Shori Settings dialog box will not be split.

 In the Paragraph panel, choose Bunri-kinshi from the panel menu.
Note: This option is only available when kinsoku shori is on.