Warichu Ruby
for Adobe Illustrator

Create ruby annotations
using Adobe Illustrator's
warichu feature

Warichu Ruby is an extension that uses Adobe Illustrator's warichu feature to create ruby annotations.

Ruby annotations —simply called ruby
in Japan— are used often in Japanese manga speech bubbles to indicate the pronunciation of kanji characters.

Ideally, ruby should be attached to the base text and move with it as the text is edited.

Adobe Illustrator does not have a built-in ruby creation feature, making this difficult to achieve, but Warichu Ruby makes it possible to create this in a few easy steps.

  • Create ruby with aligned baselines

    Just select the word you want to add ruby to and enter an annotation, and you can create ruby.

  • Supports both group ruby and mono ruby

    You can easily create mono ruby, which is difficult to create manually using the warichu feature.

  • Automatic generation and automatic application of character styles for ruby

    If you use character styles, you can apply them all at once after creating ruby, for example if you want to use different fonts for ruby and base texts.

Features

  • Settings for creating ruby can be changed
  • Settings for creating ruby are remembered even after restarting the app
  • Specify the ruby size range to create ruby of appropriate size from title to caption
  • Multiple modes for using/not using character styles and naming standards

Create Warichu Ruby from Tags
for Adobe Illustrator

Create multiple ruby
in bulk from tag text

You can create ruby in bulk
from text marked up with HTML ruby tags, your own tags, symbols, etc.

You can specify your own tags, or register your own tags as presets and reuse them.

  • Create ruby in bulk from tag text

    You can create ruby in bulk
    from text marked up with tags.

  • You can register your own tags as presets and reuse them

    You can reuse the settings of preset tags.

  • Create ruby while maintaining formatting even in text with mixed formatting

    Applies ruby formatting to each ruby tag based on the format of the first character.

Features

  • Supports ruby settings and character styles similar to those of Warichu Ruby
  • Ruby settings are always shared with Warichu Ruby. No need to reconfigure
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