https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156371
--- Comment #2 from Takenori Yasuda <[email protected]> --- Attachment 171652 provides a good reference. This effect, narrowing punctuation at the beginning of a line, can be achieved by selecting text and enabling "Format -> Character -> Asian tab -> Features -> Alternate Half Widths", if the font supports the OpenType "halt" feature. The reporter seems to request that this behavior be applied automatically and across all CJK fonts. --- As a Japanese user and native speaker, I'd like to offer a perspective: In my view, the current behavior is sufficient. Japanese publications, such as academic papers, books, and newspapers, generally prefer monospaced full-width typesetting, which improves alignment, readability, and character count clarity. > The quotation mark (e.g.) looks like "concaved" into the paragraph's left > side, which makes the document look "untrained". In the context of CJK writing (at least Japanese), the opposite may be true: opening punctuation compressed at the start of a line can appear "untrained" or awkward. > it's very commercially demanded That may not be the case. Most Japanese users, especially MS Word users, rarely care about such formatting. On the other hand, professionals in publishing or design often follow their own layout rules or style guides. Enforcing automatic compression may interfere with those expectations. The Requirements for Japanese Text Layout (section 3.1.5) does mention punctuation at line-start, but such cases are rare outside dialogue. Writers usually rephrase to avoid them. So, I doubt this feature would offer enough benefit to justify the effort. The current behavior seems appropriate. --- Additional Info: Based on the nature of the issue, I believe this report is a duplicate of Bug 142103. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
