Illustrator

Replace Asian characters with a different glyph form

  1. Select the characters you want to replace.
  2. Choose an option from the Glyphs panel menu. If you don’t see the following options, select Show Asian Options in the Type preferences. If an option is dimmed, the glyph form is not available for the current font:
    Traditional Forms
    Replaces the selected characters with traditional forms.

    Expert Forms
    Replaces the selected characters with their expert forms.

    JIS 78 Forms
    Replaces the selected characters with JIS 78 forms.

    JIS 83 Forms
    Replaces the selected characters with JIS 83 forms.

    Monospaced Half-Width Forms
    Changes the glyphs of the selected Latin characters to monospace hankaku (half width).

    Monospaced Third-Width Forms
    Changes the glyphs of the selected Latin characters to monospace third width.

    Monospaced Quarter-Width Forms
    Changes the glyphs of the selected Latin characters to monospace quarter width.
    To revert an alternate glyph to its default form, select it and choose Revert To Default Forms from the Glyphs panel menu. You cannot use this method to revert alternate glyphs that were applied using a character style.