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3. Spacing Features > What a difference a letter space makes
What a difference a letter space makes
• Kerning is the process of adjusting the space between characters (discussed on the following seven pages).
• A good font has auto kern pairs built into it that make your type automatically look pretty good (see pages 42–43).
• To refine the spacing between individual characters, you can apply manual kerning (pages 44–45).
• To adjust a selected range of type, you can use tracking (see pages 46–47).
• Sometimes you might need to adjust the space between words (see page 48).
• You almost always need to adjust the spacing between the lines, called leading (see pages 49–53).
• And you must always control the spacing between paragraphs (see pages 54–57).
• To add specific amounts of spacing between all the characters in a paragraph, use the “Letter Spacing” options in the Justification dialog box (see pages 60–61).
