Users can permanently customize the kerning information for a font using a font editor kerning utility. This can cause variations in the appearance of the text when the document is shared with others using the same font but not the customized version. Custom kerning data is, however, preserved when fonts are embedded in an Acrobat PDF document.
Creative Letterspacing with Kerning and Tracking
Kerning and tracking can also be applied to text to create special text effects for headlines, subheads, newsletter nameplates, and logos.
Exaggerated tracking can produce an effective and eye-catching title. Extreme kerning or over-kerning creates special effects with tightly spaced or overlapping characters, perhaps for a newsletter nameplate.
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