Fluid Web Typography

Type Space

One way to add variety to your text is through the use of spacing between characters and words. Although not for everyday use, adding or subtracting space in your type is an important tool for creating fluid typography.

Letterspacing is not kerning, but it’s all we’ve got

It’s easy to confuse kerning with the practice of simply spacing characters farther apart or closer together. Kerning adjusts the spacing between characters in a proportional font; however, it will do this differently for different combinations of character pairs, allowing them to fit together optimally based on the font’s own coordinate system. For example, the kerning applied to the letter pair “WA” is negative, so that the “A” slides in underneath the “W,” increasing ...