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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
Paragraph without hanging punctuation (left) compared to paragraph with hanging punctuation (right)
Illustrator provides the following options for hanging punctuation:
Roman Hanging Punctuation
Controls the alignment of punctuation marks for a specific paragraph. When Roman
Hanging Punctuation is turned on, the following characters appear 100% outside the margins: single quotes, double
quotes, hyphens, periods, and commas; the following characters appear 50% outside the margins: asterisks, tildes,
ellipses, en dashes, em dashes, colons, semicolons. To apply this setting, insert the cursor in the paragraph and select
Roman Hanging Punctuation from the Paragraph palette menu.
Optical Margin Alignment
Controls the alignment of punctuation marks for all paragraphs within a type object.
When Optical Margin Alignment is turned on, roman punctuation marks as well as the edges of letters (such as W
and A) 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 a quotation mark, both characters hang.
See also
“About the Paragraph palette” on page 395
“To choose a burasagari option” on page 414
Hyphenation and line breaks
To turn automatic hyphenation on or off
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At the bottom of the Paragraph palette, select or deselect the Hyphenate option.
If the Hyphenate option isn’t visible, choose Show Options from the Paragraph palette menu.
See also
“About the Paragraph palette” on page 395