Format multilingual text

To disable font matching in multilingual text
To limit font property changes to multilingual text
To set right-to-left text flow in text
To specify spacing between Latin and Asian words

When you insert Asian or Middle Eastern text in existing Latin text, the application automatically matches the font of the Latin text if the font is available in the corresponding language. However, you can disable the font matching option so that the inserted text has the default font specified for Asian or Middle Eastern languages.

CorelDRAW includes controls that let you format text in different languages. You can limit any font, style, and size changes to only Latin, Asian, or Middle Eastern text by choosing the script type. For example, if you want to change the font size of Japanese text in a document that includes both English and Japanese text, you can choose the Asian script type, and then change the font size. This applies the new font size only to the Japanese text, the English text font size is unaffected. You can also enable right-to-left text flow when working with bidirectional languages, such as Middle Eastern languages. In addition, you can mix Latin text with Asian or Middle Eastern in one text object and set the spacing between the two words.

To disable font matching in multilingual text

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1 Click Tools Options CorelDRAW.
2 In the Options dialog box, click Text in the left pane, and then click the Display tab.
3 Disable the Match font when inserting text in another language check box.

To limit font property changes to multilingual text

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1 Using the Text tool , select the text.
If the Properties docker is not open, click Window Dockers Properties.
2 In the Properties docker, click the Character button to display the character-related options.
3 In the Character area of the Properties docker, choose one of the following language options from the Script list box:
• All scripts
• Latin
• Asian
• Middle Eastern
4 Change any font properties.

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The Script list box is available only when using an Asian or Middle Eastern operating system or when language support is installed on the operating system.

To set right-to-left text flow in text

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1 Do one of this following:
• Using the Text tool , position the cursor in a block of text.
• Using the Pick tool , click an artistic text object or a text frame.
If the Properties docker is not open, click Window Dockers Properties.
2 In the Properties docker, click the Paragraph button to display the paragraph-related options.
3 In the Paragraph area of the Properties docker, choose an option from the Text direction list box.

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The Text direction option is available, and visible, only when you use a Middle Eastern operating system or when language support is installed on a non-Middle Eastern operating system.

You can also change the direction of text flow in columns. For more information, see To change the flow of bidirectional text in columns.

To specify spacing between Latin and Asian words

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1 Using the Text tool , select the paragraph that combines both the Latin and Asian text.
2 In the Properties docker, click the Paragraph button to display the paragraph-related properties.
3 In the Paragraph area of the Properties docker, type values in the Language spacing box.

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

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