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Typography
Last updated 11/30/2015
Letter Spacing The distance between letters, including kerning or tracking values. Letter Spacing values can range
from -100% to 500%: at 0%, no space is added between letters; at 100%, an entire space width is added between
letters.
Glyph Scaling The width of characters (a glyph is any font character). Glyph Scaling values can range from 50% to
200%.
Spacing options are always applied to an entire paragraph. To adjust the spacing in a few characters, but not an
entire paragraph, use the Tracking option.
4 Set the Single Word Justification option to specify how you want to justify single-word paragraphs.
In narrow columns, a single word can occasionally appear by itself on a line. If the paragraph is set to full
justification, a single word on a line may appear to be too stretched out. Instead of leaving such words fully justified,
you can center them or align them to the left or right margins.
Set glyph scaling in justified text
1 Click an insertion point in a paragraph or select the paragraphs you want to affect.
2 Choose Justification from the Paragraph panel menu.
3 Type values for Glyph Scaling Minimum, Desired, and Maximum. Then click OK.
Glyph scaling can help in achieving even justification; however, values more than 3% from the 100% default value may
result in distorted letter shapes. Unless you’re striving for a special effect, it’s best to keep glyph scaling to subtle values,
such as 97–100–103.
Use a flush space with justified text
Using a flush space character adds a variable amount of space to the last line of a fully justified paragraph—between the
last word and an end-of-story character from a decorative font. Used with nonjustified text, the flush space appears as
a normal word space. In justified text, it expands to absorb all available extra space on the last line. Using a flush space
can make a dramatic difference in the way the entire paragraph is formatted by the Adobe Paragraph Composer.