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Setting Leading or Line Spacing in Desktop Publishing Software
Leading or line spacing is the space between lines of text. Learn its role in text composition and desktop publishing and the ways that leading or line ...
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typespacing/a/leading.htm
White Space - How to Add White Space to a Page Layout
White space is nothing. It is the absence of text and graphics. It breaks up text and graphics. White space provides visual breathing room for the eye.
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/designprinciples/ht/white_space.htm
Use Paragraph Spacing Not Returns - Rules of Desktop Publishing
In the example at the top of the sidebar both columns use the same font size and leading (line spacing). However, the text on the right uses spacing after ...
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typelayout/a/doublereturns.htm
Loosen Text to Adjust Widows and Orphans and Ragged Line Endings
Adjust tracking, letter or word spacing, or hyphenation to loosen text and eliminate dangling words.
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/typespacing/qt/loosenlines.htm
One Space or Two Spaces After Punctuation -Rules of Desktop Publishing
The extra spacing is often distracting and unattractive. It creates 'holes' in the middle of a block of text — trapped white space on a smaller scale. ...
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typespacing/a/onetwospaces.htm
Fine-tune Your Line Endings - Eliminating Widows and Orphans
These type of controls usually work by adding extra space at the beginning or end of a page or paragraph, forcing text that might otherwise split to stay ...
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/typelayout/a/widowsorphans_2.htm
Ragged Right vs Justified Text Alignment - Rules of Desktop ...
Usually allows for more characters per line, packing more into the same amount of space (than the same text set left-aligned). ...
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typelayout/a/justifyleft.htm
Kerning and Tracking | Type or Letterspacing using Kerning and ...
You can apply tracking to all text or selected portions. You can use selective tracking to squeeze more characters onto a line to save space or prevent a ...
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typespacing/a/kerningtracking.htm
Kerning and Tracking Adjustments - Kerning and Tracking Text Effects
Kerning and tracking can also be applied to text to create special text effects for ... The Desktop Document > Text Phase > Text Composition > Spacing ...
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typespacing/a/kerningtracking_2.htm
Short Phrases - Widows and Orphans Not at the Top or Bottom of Columns
For some, these short lines add extra white space that enhances the design. ... manner as you would widows and orphans at the bottom or top of text columns: ...
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/typespacing/qt/shortlines.htm
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