Re: Xywrite antiques -Reply

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Bill Troop wrote:

> > Increases the type size? ... Is this what you mean by "track the
> >type positively", or is it something fancy?
>
> Sorry I wasn't more clear, Carl. What "expanded type" means in MS Word is
> that, for example, and by default, 1 "point" (whatever that means in
> Microspeak) of spacing is inserted between each character. In other words,
> the intercharacter spacing is increased. This is also what typesetters mean
> by "positive tracking". Negative tracking would decrease the space between
> letters.
>
> It is a generally accepted principle of typesetting that, when using a
> scalable type that is usually optimized for use at 12 pt, that positive
> tracking will be required as the size gets smaller, and negative tracking
> will be required as the type size gets larger. PageMaker deals with this
> very nicely.

Isn't this just an alternate nomenclature for Kerning ?

Jordan