文字揃え

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	字	揃
もん > も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1	そろ > ぞろ Jinmeiyō
irregular	goon	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
文字ぞろえ

Kanji in this term
文	字	揃
もん > も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1	そろ Jinmeiyō
irregular	goon	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
文字そろえ

Etymology

文字 (“character”) +‎ 揃え (“alignment”)

Noun

文(も)字(じ)揃(そろ)え or 文(も)字(じ)揃(ぞろ)え • (mojisoroe or mojizoroe) 

1. (typography) character alignment

   Hyponyms: 上揃え, 行頭揃え, 行末揃え, 下揃え, 中央揃え, 右揃え, 左揃え, 両端揃え

Usage notes

文字揃え (mojisoroe) can simply be about typical alignments in Western typography such as "flush left/right" or "justify", but in Japanese typography, it can also be about aligning characters within their 仮想ボディ (kasō bodi, “em squares”) or 平均字面 (heikin jizura, “ideographic character faces”). For example, in a line with characters with different font size or advance width/height, the smaller characters can be aligned to the top/bottom/left/right side of the em squares or ICF squares of the largest characters.