Kerning and Leading Text

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Occasionally you may want to adjust the space between letters or characters, a process called kerning, or change the vertical space between lines of text, called leading. Here's how.

To kern text

1.

Select the text that you want to adjust and click the gray bounding box to display the control points.

2.

On the Title Editor toolbar at the bottom, click the Set Kerning. Leading, and Skew tool (Figure 10.42).

Figure 10.42. This font is too compressed for my taste. I'll fix it by clicking the Set Kerning, Leading, and Skew tool.


3.

Position the pointer over one of the side control points.

The pointer changes to the kern pointer (Figure 10.43).

Figure 10.43. Place the kern pointer over a control point on the right or left and stretch out the text.


4.

Drag the pointer in or out to achieve the desired spacing.

Studio changes the distance between the letters (Figure 10.44).

Figure 10.44. Note how much more space there is between the letters.


To change the leading between text lines

1.

Select the text that you want to adjust and click the gray bounding box to display the control points.

2.

On the Title Editor toolbar at the bottom, click the Set Kerning, Leading, and Skew tool (Figure 10.42).

3.

Position the pointer over either the top or bottom control point (not the corner).

The pointer changes to the kern pointer.

4.

Drag the pointer up or down to achieve the desired spacing.

Studio changes the distance between the words (Figure 10.45).

Figure 10.45. Place the kern pointer over the top or bottom control point to change the leading.


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    Pinnacle Studio 10 for Windows. Visual QuickStart Guide
    Pinnacle Studio 10 for Windows Visual Quickstart Guide
    ISBN: B001E08S6S
    EAN: N/A
    Year: 2005
    Pages: 189

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