On The Blog: What’s the Difference Between Leading, Kerning and Tracking?

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What’s the Difference Between Leading, Kerning and Tracking?

Before you become famous for creating the next best typeface, you have to learn the basics of type design. The first step to perfecting any new font is adjusting the leading, kerning and tracking, which affect the line spacing, letter spacing, and text to make it proportional and readable. What are these essential elements of typographic design? Well, here’s a fairly comprehensive breakdown of each term and how you can adjust them in Photoshop and Illustrator.

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