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Using leading, kerning, and tracking

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Using leading, kerning, and tracking

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- [Instructor] In the next few minutes, we're going to take a look at the leading, kerning, and tracking options in Photoshop. I'll tap the T key in order to select the type tool because I want to add to this headline type. I'll click to the right of the S in seas, tap Return, and then I'm going to add looks can be deceiving. Then, in order to select the entire line of type, I'll triple click in it. I'm going to change the font size, which I can do using the options bar, but we can also change a lot of the type properties using the Properties panel. In order to change the font size, I can either click and drag on the T icon, I can enter in a value, like 45, for example, I can use the dropdown menu right here to select a point size, or I can select the type and then use the downward or upward arrows in order to change the size. In this case, I'll go down to about 18 point. Now, if I want to change the space between…

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