letterspacing
Gaps between letters
Letterspacing is the adjustment of horizontal space between letters in a line of text.
Designers increase letterspacing to improve readability of uppercase text or create an airy, elegant feel; they decrease it to tighten headlines or logos.
Also called tracking, though some distinguish tracking (uniform adjustment across text) from kerning (adjustment between specific letter pairs).
The letterspacing on that sign makes it hard to read.
Letter-pair spacing adjustment
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- typesettingArranging text for print
- leadingGuiding or pacing type
- fontCharacter style set
typeface · glyph · baseline · x-height · ascender · descender · ligature · monospaced
Clearness of text
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- contrastNotable difference between things
- whitespaceUnprintable gap characters
Page layout application
Steadiness or amount owed
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
composition · symmetry · minimalism · refinement · texture · tone · evenness · polish
kerning
Letter-pair spacing adjustment
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- typesettingArranging text for print
- leadingGuiding or pacing type
font · typeface · glyph · baseline · x-height · ascender · descender · ligature · monospaced · proportional
legibility
Clearness of text
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- contrastNotable difference between things
InDesign
Page layout application
balance
Steadiness or amount owed
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
elegance · composition · symmetry · minimalism · refinement · texture · tone · evenness · polish · sophistication
- typesettingtypesetting, typesetter, leading, font, kerning
- spacingkerning, leading, tracking, gap
- typographyfont, calligraphy, font design, sans serif, typefaces
- typography unitspoint, pica, em, en, x-height
letterspacingword spacing
Distance between written terms
line spacing · leading · paragraph spacing · kerning · tracking
space, letter, letters, spacious, lettered, spacing, lettering, spatial, spacer