Adobe illustrator 10 Manuale Utente

3 Press Enter, Return, or Tab.

Kerning controls the spacing between two characters. You can control kerning manually, 
or you can turn on the kerning built into a font by the font designer. (See 

.) Tracking inserts uniform spacing between 

more than two characters in selected type. Use tracking to adjust the spacing of a word or 
an entire block of type. 

Positive kerning or tracking values move characters apart; negative kerning or tracking 
values move characters closer together. Kerning and tracking values are measured in units 
that are 1/1000 of an em space. The width of an em space is relative to the current type 
size. In a 1-point font, 1 em corresponds to 1 point; in a 10-point font, 1 em corresponds to 
10 points. Because kerning units are 1/1000 em, 100 kerning units in a 10-point font are 
equivalent to 1 point.

Examples of kerning values and tracking values (“The Emperor’s”).

1 Set an insertion point between two characters for kerning or select type for tracking 
using the type tools.

2 In the Character palette, do one of the following:

Click the Kerning button   and enter a value in the Kerning text box.

Click the Tracking button   and enter a value in the Tracking text box.

3 Press Enter, Return, or Tab.

1 Set an insertion point between two characters whose kerning value you want to view, 
using the type tools.

2 Choose Window > Info. 

The Info palette displays the total spacing value for the two characters. For example, if the 
Info palette displays 109 = 100 + 9/1000 em, the characters have 9/1000 em kerning and 
the word has 100/1000 em tracking.