Specifying spacing between characters You can adjust the amount of space between text characters with Kerning options. Kerning affects the amount of space to the right of one or more characters. You can tighten kerning to place characters closer together, and loosen kerning to space characters farther apart. You can apply kerning settings before typing, or change the kerning for one character, a selection of text, or an entire text object. Canvas can also adjust letter and word spacing for paragraphs fol- lowing minimum, maximum, and desired guidelines that you set. See “Adjusting letter and word spacing” on page 28.560. Note: Canvas does not apply kerning to text characters based on kerning pairs defined in a particular font. You can kern individual characters by placing the insertion point and using the Type palette or the Kerning submenu to tighten or loosen kerning. The Kerning submenu lets you choose a standard kerning amount: •   Very Tight •   Tight •   Normal •   Loose •   Very Loose You can interactively kern characters in half-point increments using the Tighten and Loosen commands. You can also set a fine kerning amount using the Configure Fine Kern command (see “To set the fine kerning amount,” page 28.548). Then use the Tighten Fine and Loosen Fine commands to kern char- acters by the specified amount. On the Character tab of the Type palette, you can use the Kerning option to tighten or loosen kerning by an amount you specify. Default kerning Kerned manually Headlines often need manual kerning for visual balance Kerning options
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