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Keywords:
Kerning,
Letterspacing,
Typography,
Typeset,
Loosen
A typographic term that refers to letter spacing of a range of text. Tracking adjustment will allow overall tightness or looseness of copy to be quickly adjusted to help achieve a particular visual effect or to help fit copy onto a page.
Altering the spacing between characters of a word or words. Distinct from kerning, which usually alters the spacing between character pairs only.
Kerning between all glyphs in the shape, not just the kerning pairs already defined by the font. You can increase or decrease interglyph spacing by using a track number See also: kerning
The overall letter spacing of a particular piece of text. See also KERNING.
Traditionally, this was increasing the spacing between letters in text, while kerning was reducing the space between letters in text. On a computer, the two terms tend to be used interchangeably to mean changing the space to be more or less.
The overall space between letters in typeset text. Tracking can be adjusted to tighten or loosen the letterspacing.
Trying to figure out where a satellite is in space and keeping track of it. Seriously, it’s just not that easy. Think about the vastness of space and the size of a satellite. When you really think about it, trying to find your car in the Mall parking lot isn’t so bad, is it
The overall spacing of the complete set of characters in a line of type. Similar to kerning on a more global level.
The ability of a computer, at the operator's instruction to add or subtract minute increments of space between letters. See also letterspacing.
in typography, to reduce space uniformly between all characters in a line. As opposed to kerning, which is the variable reduction of space between specific characters
The space between each letter of a word.
preset letter spacing values
Positive or negative tracking values can be used to change spacing between characters The space added to or subtracted from the normal space between characters in a block of text. Not to be confused with kerning, which is used to adjust space between pairs of specific characters.
In typography, the adjusting of the letterspacing throughout a piece of typeset copy. See Letterspacing.
The spacing between characters or letters on a line of type, often called letterspacing.
The overall spacing between all characters of a line of text (versus kerning which refers to spacing between character pairs).
is the act of following along in text during reading.
In word processing or desktop publishing, to adjust the space between the characters of type.
refers to the space between letters. Tracking is also known as kerning.
The science of monitoring satellite locations by means of radio antennas at ground stations or by using other satellite systems in space.
The average space between characters in a block of text. Sometimes also referred to as letter spacing.
The adjustment of the overall spacing between all text characters in a word or words. Tight means letters are close together, loose means letters are far apart.
The overall letterspacing in text. Tracking can also be used to tighten or loosen a block of type. Some programs have automatic tracking options which can add or remove small increments of space between the characters.
The control over the spacing between letters within a line of text.
Adjusting (increasing or decreasing) the space between type characters in a selected allotment of text.
addition or subtraction of space between characters in a block (usually a line) of text
The extension of the character spacing of a font by adjusting the distance between letters.
The amount of white space left between letters and words in a block of text.
Adjusting the letterspacing uniformly throughout a selected portion of text. See kerning.
Increasing or decreasing letter spacing uniformity throughout a headline or column of text. In most cases, letter spacing is too generous. Slightly reducing letter spacing to -3 often improves the appearance of the text.
The amount of space in-between all letters in selected text. Unlike kerning, adjusting tracking will change the letter spacing between all letters, not individual characters.
In typography, tracking is the manipulation of space between a group of letters (or glyphs) to optimize the typeset density of a block of text. Tracking is also known as letter spacing, or character spacing, especially in reference to computer typesetting.
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