In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences >
Type. In Mac OS, choose Photoshop Elements > Preferences >
Type.
Last updated on
Apr 27, 2021
Display Asian type options
Photoshop Elements provides several options for working with Asian type. Asian fonts are often referred to as double-byte fonts or CJK fonts, meaning Chinese, Japanese, and Korean fonts.
Set text options:
Show Asian Text Options to display Asian type options.
Show Font Names in English to display Asian font names in English.
Click OK. The Asian type options button 
is added
to the type tool options bar.
is added
to the type tool options bar.
Reduce spacing between Asian characters
Tsume reduces the space around a character (but not the character itself) by a specified percentage value. When tsume is added to a character, spacing around both sides of the character is reduced by an equal percentage.
If you’re working with an existing layer, select
the text layer in the Layers panel and then select a type tool.
Select the characters you want to adjust.
Click the Show Asian Text Options button in the
options bar. If you don’t see the button, make sure that preferences
are set to show Asian type options.
in the
options bar. If you don’t see the button, make sure that preferences
are set to show Asian type options.
Select a percentage for Tsume from the pop‑up
menu, and press the Enter or Return key. The greater the percentage,
the tighter the compression between characters. At 100% (the maximum
value), there is no space between the character’s bounding box and
its em box.
Note
An em box is a space whose height and width roughly correspond to the width of the letter “M” (also called a mutton).
Turn on or turn off tate‑chuu‑yoko
Tate‑chuu‑yoko (also called kumimoji and renmoji) is a block of horizontal type laid out within a vertical type line.
If you’re working with an existing layer, select
the text layer in the Layers panel and then select a type tool.
Select the characters that you want to rotate.
Click the Asian Text Options button in the
options bar.
in the
options bar.
Enable Tate‑Chuu‑Yoko.
Turn on or turn off mojikumi
Mojikumi determines spacing between punctuation, symbols, numbers, and other character classes in Japanese type. When mojikumi is on, half-width spacing is applied to these characters.
If you’re working with an existing layer, select
the text layer in the Layers panel and then select a type tool.
Click the Asian Text Options button in the
options bar.
in the
options bar.
Enable Mojikumi.
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