Mallory Hays December 4, 2009
Kerning, Tracking, Adjusting leading in a paragraph of type in Photoshop.
(Pg. 395-396)
Kerning:
· On the Layers palette, double-click a T icon.
· Click to create an insertion point between any two characters.
· Display the Character palette. (You can go up to Window, and then down to character).
· Choose Metrics from the Kerning pop up menu on the Character palette to apply the font’s built-in kerning.
· You can also drag left or right over the kerning icon located on the Character palette.
· Another way you can do it is by clicking where you want the kerning to occur, and hold down Alt/Option and press the left or right arrow.
Tracking:
· Works pretty much the same way as kerning, except with the tracking icon which is on the Character palette beside the Kerning icon.
Leading:
· You will want to type a paragraph first.
· Then double click on the T icon on the layer that you want to adjust the leading.
· Then click and drag on the leading icon located on the Character palette.
· For finer increments of leading, hold down Alt/Option while clicking and dragging on the leading icon.