> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://koharu.rs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Typeset a translation

> Fit text with suitable fonts, writing direction, alignment, fill, and stroke.

Typography is saved in the scene. The canvas and exports use the same page presentation.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Choose a text frame">
    Use a detected text or bubble region for automatic fitting, or create point text or a paragraph frame with **Text**.

    A text layer without authored geometry can derive its frame from a fit region. Manually transforming it gives the layer its own geometry.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose fonts with the right coverage">
    The font picker includes bundled and discovered system fonts. If a face lacks a glyph, Koharu tries the ordered default stack in **Settings → Typesetting**, then system fallback.

    Use fonts that cover the target script. A Latin display font alone is insufficient for Japanese or Chinese dialogue.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Fit and style the text">
    Set family, weight, style, size or automatic fitting, writing mode, alignment, fill, and stroke. Visibility and opacity also affect the result.

    Automatic fitting keeps the text inside its presentation frame. Disable it for a fixed size; reset fitting after a substantial translation edit.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review at reading size">
    Check every page using the visibility and opacity you intend to export. Confirm the translation is present: source OCR is never rendered as fallback text.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Vertical CJK text

Vertical writing uses shaping and OpenType features rather than a rotated horizontal line. Columns follow the writing direction; supported fonts supply vertical punctuation forms.

Inspect punctuation, emphasis marks, Latin runs, and small kana individually. Font coverage, vertical metrics, and translation length still determine the quality of the result.

<Tip>
  Use [PNG for delivery or PSD for layered editing](/en/guides/export), and retain the Koharu
  project for future changes to semantic text and fitting.
</Tip>