chapter 11 Kerning and Tracking
In setting type, it’s often the little things that count. Two of the smallest
adjustments you can make are those that move individual characters closer
together or farther apart. They’re also two of the most important. Although
both affect the same thing—the amount of space that characters are allotted
on the page—kerning works only on specific letter pairs, while tracking works
on ranges of characters, even whole documents.
Definitions: Kerning and Tracking
Kerning and tracking adjustments are calibrated in the same units—usually
thousandths of an em—but their goals are quite different.
Kerning is targeted: It adjust ...
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