Formatting Asian text

Asian character input is only supported in CorelDRAW when using an Asian operating system or when language support is installed on a non-Asian operating system. You can choose a default font and text orientation (either horizontal or vertical) when typing text on an operating system that has Asian language support. When you type artistic or paragraph text, the program uses a default artistic or paragraph text style.

You can also mix Asian text and other scripts in one text object and set the spacing between the two. You can change the font properties of one or both languages in a block of Latin or Asian text.


To choose a default font for Asian text

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Click the Text tool CorelDRAW loc pgx text tool Formatting Asian text.
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Choose an input method from the Input Method Editor (IME) on the status bar.
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Choose a font from the Font list list box on the property bar.

To choose a text orientation

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Do the following
Choose a default text orientation
Click a blank space in the drawing window, click Text CorelDRAW onestep Formatting Asian text Paragraph formatting. In the Text direction area of the Paragraph formatting docker, choose either Horizontal or Vertical from the Orientation list box.
Change the text orientation
Using the Pick tool, select the text, and click Text CorelDRAW onestep Formatting Asian text Paragraph formatting. In the Text direction area of the Paragraph formatting docker, choose either Horizontal or Vertical from the Orientation list box.

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The default orientation for Asian text is horizontal.
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When you change the text orientation from horizontal to vertical, underlines become left lines and overlines become right lines.
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The text orientation setting applies to the entire text object. You cannot mix orientations in one text object.

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If you have Asian text support installed with your operating system, you can also change text orientation on the Text tool property bar.

To specify spacing between Latin and Asian text

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Click Text CorelDRAW onestep Formatting Asian text Paragraph formatting.
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In the Spacing area of the Paragraph formatting docker, type a value in the Language box.

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The inter-language spacing is based on the percentage of a standard space. For example, two spaces are represented by typing a value of 200.

To change the font properties of Latin and Asian text

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Select the text.
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Click Text CorelDRAW onestep Formatting Asian text Character formatting.
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In the Character formatting docker, choose one of the following from the Script list box:
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Latin
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Asian
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Change any font properties.

Formatting Asian text