Typography

 

Typography

Leading

Leading in typography is the spacing between the lines, and different kinds of leading can effect the way ascending and descending letters look. For example, good leading is where all the lines are given enough space in the sense that the ascending and descending letters do not collide, but are not so spaced apart that each sentence looks like it could be a separate

paragraph.

 

 

 

 

Kerning

 

Kerning is the space between one or two

letters in a word. It can adjust and vary based

on the typeface being used, as letters in

different fonts can vary in size and shape. Bad

kerning would be where the spacing between letters

is inconsistent.

 

 

 

Tracking

Tracking is the letter spacing throughout the

entire word. It shows how far apart letters

are, and an example of bad tracking would

be where the letters are either extremely spaced

out to where they could be separate words or too

squashed together to the point where the writing

is illegible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legibility

Legibility in text is how easily a person can

read individual characters in a text. If a font is

more complicated in the sense that it has a strange design or unusual shape, it has bad legibility and is difficult to read.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Readability

Readability refers to comprehension. It is

how easily a person can read and make sense

of a text, so an example of bad readability would

be where the text was an unusual colour

or too small.