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Kern Text

This submenu is used to adjust the kerning of a selected range of text. Good kerning can enhance text appearance. Keep this in mind before adjusting away from default kerning.

Kerning is a term indicating how much the following character is shifted from the normal spacing used with a particular character.

The None menu command will turn kerning off. For a font that has kerning information this command will turn off the use of the kerning spacing.

Tighten will decrease the inter-character spacing. This translates to decreasing the kerning number.

Loosen increases the inter-character spacing.

Use Default will return inter-character spacing to the values defined by font design information.

EazyDraw Kern Example

The standard amount of spacing between characters is provided by the font information. Font designers specify the spacing appropriate for each character of the font. The spacing is defined for the space after the character. This spacing is called the Default spacing.

The amount of kerning is defined by a number, zero meaning use the default kerning. The numeric value may be examined and changed using the Graphic Details Inspector.