February 2009
Beginner
368 pages
10h 30m
English
Content preview from Teach Yourself Visually™ Flash® CS4 Professional
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You can modify your type setting
on a very granular level in Flash.
Leading and kerning can be
adjusted for an entire text box,
you can kern a single word, or
you can set each letter’s kerning
individually for the most precise
type treatment.
Adjust Text Kerning and Leading
Adjust Text Kerning
and Leading
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KERN AND CHANGE LEADING
FOR AN ENTIRE TEXT BOX
1 Click on a text box with the
Selection tool ( ).
2 Open the Properties inspector.
3 Click and drag the blue number
next to Letter spacing.
Drag to the left to make your
letters closer together; drag to the
right to space them farther apart.
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22
44
33
4 Click and drag the blue number
next to the Line Spacing ()