Photoshop

Set Asian OpenType font attributes

Asian OpenType fonts may include a number of features that aren’t available in current PostScript and TrueType fonts. It is usually best to use any weights of KozMinPro and KozGoPro OpenType fonts. These fonts have the largest collection of glyphs of the Asian fonts produced by Adobe.

  1. With the Type tool selected, do one of the following:

    • On an existing type layer, select the characters or type objects to which you want to apply the setting.

    • Click on the image to create a new type layer.

  2. In the Character palette, make sure that an Asian OpenType Pro font is selected.
  3. From the Character palette menu, choose an OpenType option.
  4. Turn on the MSIME (Windows) or Kotoeri (Mac OS) input method. Do one of the following:

    • (Windows) From the Windows Start menu, choose Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map.

    • (Mac OS) Select the Kotoeri input method by choosing Show Character Palette from the Kotoeri menu.

    • (Mac OS) From the Input pop-up menu at the right side of the menu bar, choose Show Character Palette.

      Note: (Mac OS) If the Input menu does not display in the menu bar, choose Apple menu > System Preferences > International > Input Menu and select Character Palette and Show input menu in menu bar.
  5. Do one of the following:

    • (Windows) In Character Map, select the Advanced View option, choose All from the Group By menu, and then choose Unicode for Character Set.

      Character Map

      A.
      Font menu

      B.
      Advanced View check box

    • (Mac OS) In the Kotoeri Character palette, select Glyph from the View menu.

      Kotoeri Character palette

      A.
      View menu

      B.
      Font menu

      C.
      Character Information

      D.
      Insert With Font button

  6. Choose an Asian OpenType font from the Font menu.
  7. Do one of the following:

    • (Windows) Select the character you want to use, click Select, click Copy, and then paste it in Photoshop.

    • (Mac OS) Double-click the character you want to use to insert it into your document.