WEEK#6

This lecture will be all about spacing and it's importance in readability.
Kerning, tracking and linespacing are fundamental issues when designing headlines or body copy (the large amount of information in a layout).

Poor line spacing can create unreadable information and discourage the viewer to continue reading.
The right amount of white space (line spacing or leading) between each "row" of text helps the viewer to "breathe" and invites the viewer in.

Read through the links below to get more detail information and examples.

Importance of spacing:
Line, Letter and Word

Kerning:The importance of space between letter pairs

Letter spacing: Tracking and Kerning Examples

Linespacing or Leading

In typography, leading (pronounced /?l?d??/, rhymes with heading) refers to the amount of added vertical spacing between lines of type. In consumer-oriented word processing software, this concept is usually referred to as "line spacing". Leading may sometimes be confused with tracking, which refers to the horizontal spacing between letters or characters.

The word comes from lead strips that were put between set lines. When type was set by hand in printing presses, slugs or strips of lead (reglets) of appropriate thicknesses were inserted between lines of type to add vertical space, to fill available space on the page.

Text set "solid" (no leading) appears cramped, with ascenders almost touching descenders from the previous line. The lack of white space between lines makes it difficult for the eye to track from one line to the next, and hampers readability.

Alignment of type and images

Alignment Examples
At the bottom of this page yu will find 8 links showing a variety of alignments.

To Justify or Not