Timeline for How do I convert leading and kerning expressed to CSS styles
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| Mar 10, 2014 at 21:33 | comment | added | Hugo Rodger-Brown | Tracking[1] is the space between characters, not words. According to the formal definition of word and letter spacing[2], which makes letter-spacing the equivalent to tracking. [1] adobe.com/uk/type/topics/glossary.html#tracking [2] w3.org/TR/CSS2/text.html#spacing-props | |
| Mar 10, 2014 at 19:47 | comment | added | Scott |
word-spacing equates to tracking.
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| Mar 10, 2014 at 16:56 | comment | added | Hugo Rodger-Brown |
Coming back to this v. late in the day - (and post a typography course) - kerning specifically relates to pairs of letters (e.g. AW, AY, etc.), and is distinct from 'tracking', which relates to the spacing between letters in general. The CSS style 'letter-spacing' refers to 'tracking', and not 'kerning', which is not directly manageable in CSS. There are JS libraries to help with this, and a not-very-well-supported CSS style {text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;} which lets the browser optimise itself.
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| Jul 4, 2012 at 15:47 | vote | accept | Hugo Rodger-Brown | ||
| Jul 4, 2012 at 14:56 | history | answered | Scott | CC BY-SA 3.0 |