Increasing Tracking (Letter Spacing)

One of the easiest ways to make text more readable is to increase the spacing between the letters. This is called changing the tracking and it will especially helps make small text easier to read. Just don’t get too carried away or people will start to read a word as individual letters :-) Basically increasing the tracking just gives the typography more room to breath on the page so it appears lighter and not so bunched up. This is an especially common effect used with type on TV or in films. Increasing letter spacing can also be a nice way to make a piece of text, such as a title, stand out similar to applying a bold or italic effect. Give it a try and see how much cleaner a paragraph or line of text can look by simply increasing the overall letter spacing.