Typography Tutorials - Spacing
Peruse typography tutorials and articles on effectively using line spacing and letter spacing. Learn how to kern headlines, set leading, and use tracking. Space out your type using indents and paragraph spacing.
Tell us how you really feel about using one space or two after ending punctuation (period, full stop, question mark, exclamation point).
There are some types of literature that people will read no matter how it looks. But for most material, it takes coaxing. It takes careful attention to typographic details to make the reading material look inviting. Three ways to improve the appearance of a page layout are to use space, graphics, and contrast to break up text.
The default indent settings in most software are not a good choice. Get tips on when to use smaller or larger paragraph indentations.
Usually space is good. Layouts with too little white space look crowded and are harder to read. But the wrong space has just as bad an effect as too little space. Here are 4 ways to eliminate unwanted space in bulleted, numbered, or other types of lists.
Here's how to create a basic leading grid in Adobe PageMaker.
Learn how to change character spacing and use kerning creatively.
Find out how leading is measured and how to set line spacing for your type.
Get advice on different ways of handling widows and orphans.
Learn the proper way to put space between paragraphs without resorting to double hard returns.
Some designers consider any word or short phrase at the end of a paragraph a widow or orphan — if it doesn't extend across at least one-fourth to one-third of the column width.
Adjust tracking, letter or word spacing, or hyphenation to tighten text and eliminate dangling words.
Be consistent and stick with just spacing or just indents for separating paragraphs of text.
