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Letter spacing and character pitch
TextMaker also allows you to change the spacing and pitch of text.
Spacing is the horizontal distance between characters. Giving a value smaller than
100% causes the characters to appear closer together than normal; giving a value
larger than 100% causes the characters to appear farther apart.
If you change the character pitch, the width of the characters themselves, rather
than the spacing between them, is affected.
To change these settings, invoke Format > Character, switch to the Spacing
property sheet and enter the desired value at Spacing between characters or
Character pitch.
Note: For some printers, changing the pitch of characters formatted in one of the
printer’s internal fonts is ignored in the printout.
Kerning
Note: This feature is available only under Windows and Linux.
Certain pairs of letters look better when the spacing between these letters is reduced
or increased a bit. Such adjustments, called Kerning, can be made automatically
by TextMaker.
A picture illustrates best what kerning is about:
Top: without kerning, bottom: with kerning
The upper half of the picture (without kerning) shows that the letters “V” and “A”
are too far apart when no kerning is applied. In the lower half (with kerning), this
has been corrected.
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