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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
See also
“To turn fractional character widths off or on” on page 387
To adjust kerning
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Do any of the following:
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To use a font’s built-in kerning information for selected characters, select Auto for the Kerning option
(
for
vertical text) in the Character palette.
•
To automatically adjust the spacing between selected characters based on their shapes, select Optical for the
Kerning option in the Character palette.
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To adjust kerning manually, place an insertion point between two characters, and set the desired value for the
Kerning option in the Character palette. (Note that if a range of text is selected, you can’t manually kern the text.
Instead, use tracking.)
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To turn off kerning for selected characters, set the Kerning option in the Character palette to 0 (zero).
See also
“Character palette” on page 381
“Keys for working with type” on page 531
To adjust tracking
1
Select the range of characters or the type object that you want to adjust.
2
In the Character palette, set the Tracking option
(
for vertical text).
See also
“Character palette” on page 381
“Keys for working with type” on page 531
To turn fractional character widths off or on
By default,
fractional character widths
are used between characters. This means that the spacing between characters
varies, and will sometimes use only fractions of whole pixels.
In most situations, fractional character widths provide the best spacing for type appearance and readability. However,
for type in small sizes (less than 20 points) displayed online, fractional character widths can cause type to run
together or have too much extra space, making it difficult to read.
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To set type spacing for the entire document in whole-pixel increments, choose System Layout from the Character
palette menu.
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To re-enable fractional character widths, choose Fractional Widths from the Character palette menu.
See also
“Character palette” on page 381