Command/letterspacing

\letterspacing

Summary

The command \letterspacing is used to highlight text with added kerning.

Settings

\letterspacing[...]{...}
[...]	number
{...}	text

Description

\letterspacing is an instance of characterkerning (see \definecharacterkerning) and an alias of \kerncharacters. The default value is 0.125.

Examples

Example 1

\setupalign[flushleft]

\subject{without letterspacing}
\samplefile{ward}

\subject{\tex{letterspacing} with default value 0.125}
\letterspacing{\samplefile{ward}}

\subject{same with \tex{kerncharacters}}
\kerncharacters{\samplefile{ward}}

\subject{kerning value 0}
\letterspacing[0]{\samplefile{ward}}

\subject{kerning value 0.5}
\letterspacing[0.5]{\samplefile{ward}}

\subject{kerning value 0.75}
\letterspacing[.75]{\samplefile{ward}}

See also

• typo-krn.mkiv
• \effect
• \setcharacterkerning
• \definecharacterkerning
• \kerncharacters

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