Chapter 11: Kerning; Changing The Kerning Uniformly Between All Characters; Changing The Kerning Between Specific Characters; Example - Brother BES-100E Workbook

Kerning is the spacing between characters within text. Each font has a preprogrammed amount of space placed
between the characters. This spacing can be increased or decreased either uniformly (for the entire text) or indi-
vidually (for specific characters, as shown in figure 61).

Changing the kerning uniformly between all characters

To uniformly adjust the kerning between all characters of a text shape:
1
Using the tool (
Move
appear around the shape.
2
Click the
Text Effects
appears.
3
In the
Character kerning
box.
4
Click the button.
OK
Changing the kerning between specific characters
To adjust the kerning between specific characters in a text shape:
1
Click the
Reshape
appear in magenta. (See figure 64 below.)
NOTE: The blue punchpoints that appear are for resizing the baseline and height of the design shape.
For more information, see Moving punchpoints in chapter 4.
2
Click the kerning handle between the characters whose spacing you wish to adjust. The kerning handle
changes to light pink when it is selected.
NOTE: To select kerning handles that are in sequence, hold down the Shift key and click the last handle
in the sequence.
To select specific kerning handles that are not in sequence, hold down the Ctrl key and click each
additional handle.
3
Move the pointer over the selected (light pink) kerning handle. The pointer changes to small crosshairs (
4
Do either of the following:
Drag the kerning handle until the characters have the desired spacing.
Turn on Num Lock, and then use the number keys 4 and 6 of the numeric keypad to "nudge" (move in
small amounts) the kerning handles left and right until the text has the desired character spacing.

Example

To create the text shape "Football" and adjust the kerning:
1
Click the
Simple Text
dialog box appears.
2
In the box, type "Football".
Text
3
In the drop-down list, select "Letter Gothic".
Font
4
In the box, type "1.0".
Size

Chapter 11: Kerning

), select the text shape that you wish to change. "Dancing ants" (moving dashes)
button ( ) in the
group box, select
tool ( ) in the
Stock
tool ( ), and then right-click in the design area. The
Figure 61
bar. The
Text Text Effects
, and then type the desired kerning setting in the
Custom
toolbar. The kerning handles for all text shapes in the design
tab of the
Text Properties
tab of the
Text
dialog box
Custom
).
Text Properties
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