Illustrator

Use mojikumi

Mojikumi specifies Japanese text composition for spacing of Japanese characters, roman characters, punctuation, special characters, line start, line end, and numbers. You can also specify paragraph indents.

The existing character spacing rules in Illustrator follow the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) specification, JISx4051‑1995. You can select from the predefined mojikumi sets provided by Illustrator.

Furthermore, you can create specific mojikumi sets. In a new mojikumi set, you can edit the settings for spacing that you use a lot, such as the spacing between a period and subsequent opening parenthesis. For example, you might create an interview format in which you want to have an em dash before a question, and answers enclosed in parentheses.

Select a mojikumi set for a paragraph

  1. In the Character panel, set Kerning to zero.
  2. In the Paragraph panel, choose an option from the Mojikumi Set pop‑up menu:
    None
    Turns off the use of mojikumi.

    YakumonoHankaku
    Uses half-width spacing for punctuation.

    GyoumatsuYakumonoHankaku
    Uses full-width spacing for most characters except the last character in the line.
    YakumonoHankaku (left) and GyoumatsuYakumonoHankaku (right)

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

    YakumonoZenkaku
    Uses full-width spacing for punctuation.
    GyoumatsuYakumonoZenkaku (left) and YakumonoZenkaku (right)

Create a new mojikumi set

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Choose Type > Mojikumi Settings.

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

  2. Click New in the Mojikumi Settings dialog box.
  3. Enter a name for the new mojikumi set, specify the existing set on which the new set will be based, and click OK.
  4. Choose Use Percentage (%) or Bu from the Units pop‑up menu.
  5. Specify Desired, Minimum, and Maximum values for each option. The Minimum value is used to compress lines for kinsoku (specify a value less than the Desired value). The Maximum value is used to spread lines for fully justified text (specify a value greater than the Desired value).
    Depending on the character type, you can specify the same values for Desired, Minimum, and Maximum if you don’t want to change the spacing.
  6. Click Save or OK to save the settings. Click Cancel if you don’t want to save the settings.
    When you compose Japanese text with a lot of half-width spaces or roman parentheses, problems relating to text composition increase. We recommend that you avoid using roman parentheses, and use full-width parentheses for Japanese composition. Only use roman parentheses when using relatively long English sentences in Japanese text, or when a more serious problem results if you don’t use roman parentheses.

Work with mojikumi sets

  In the Mojikumi Settings dialog box, do any of the following:

  • To export a set, click Export, select a location for the file, type a filename, and click Save. Illustrator saves the file in MJK format.

  • To import a set, click Import, select an MJK file, and click Open.

  • To delete a set, choose it from the Mojikumi pop‑up menu and then click Delete. All the text to which the mojikumi set was applied will return to the default settings.

Note: You cannot delete predefined mojikumi sets.