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Chapter 7: Typography

Japanese line-layout can be found in the Japanese standard designated JIS X 4051:2004,

whose contents are described throughout this chapter. A discussion about compliance with

this standard is in the next section, and for those who read Japanese, in Mitsuo Fukawa’s

( fukawa mitsuo) book entitled DTP

(kumihan genron—taipogurafī to katsuji, shashoku, DTP; , 1996). Other books

about typography, some of them written in languages other than English, can be found in

this book’s bibliography.

Note that while the vast majority of the examples provided in this chapter are for Japa-

nese, almost all of the rules and principles that are described are applicable to other CJKV

locales, sometimes with minor modication. Also, most of the typographic examples pro-

vided in this chapter were created directly in Adobe InDesign, as part of the text of this

book.

Rules, Principles, and Techniques

When one reads information about CJKV line-layout, sets of rules and principles are oen

presented, such as those outlined in the standard designated JIS X 4051:2004. And, many

page- and line-layout programs allow the user to adhere to these rules and principles,

sometimes to varying degrees, and with some amount of control of the parameters. While

page- and line-layout rules are oen based on sound and proven typographic principles,

they do not always ...