Tracking

Ajusting the overall space between letters, rather then the space between two letters is know as tracking, also known as letterspacing. It is common practice to letterspace capitals and small capitals, which apear more egal when standing apart. By slightly expanding the tracking across a body of text, the designer can create a more airy field. Negative tracking is rarely desirable. This device should be used sparingly, to adjust one or more lines of justified type.

Letter Spacing (also known as Tracking) referes to the space between characters in a line or block of text. Designers oftern space between characters in a line or block of text. Designers often open up the letter-spacing in strings of caps or small caps, or when using knocked-out text. Conversly text in larger sizes may beefit from negative spacing; as type gets bigger, the space between the letters get larger too which can create an over loose effect.