Vertical text not spacing evenly

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I've enabled the Japanese version so I could type vertically and the page numbers get unevenly spaced between certain numbers .

All three boxes have the same formatting, except the first is a Japanese font. The issue seems to be that the "1" in my font of choice (second two boxes) is spaced differently than other numbers. Is there a way to get all of these to space evenly automatically? None of the tracking, kerning, leading, line height etc. options seem to remedy this. 

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I believe the issue is that this font does not have the correct vertical kerning (if any) and would need to be edited in third-party software. 

[Barb Binder]

I've enabled the Japanese version so I could type vertically

Are you working in a Japanese-language document, or do you just need some vertical text?

~Barb

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Just needed the vertical text. Wasn't getting the results I wanted from the English version's Text to Path Tool, and was hoping switching versions would fix that. Did not...

[Joel Cherney]

I actually can't reproduce that at all, oddly enough. Are you using tatechuyoko? I'm guessing not - as it doesn't matter what font I pick or what numeral style I use, my 1s line up correctly:

Ehh, on second thought, perhaps the Arial Narrow and Proxima Nova examples are pushed a little bit to far to the right, I think. But if you've turned tatechuyoko on, it'll basically behave as if it is centered, which seems to be closer to what you'd want. Additionally, your preferred font seems to have a very short serif/ear/what would you call that stroke, anyways? so I imagine it'd render closer to the centerline than any of the examples I picked out. 

[-_._5342 · Accepted solution]

This issue is that the paragraph was set to Adobe Paragraph Composer and not Adobe Japanese Paragraph Composer.