CSS Text Tracking and Where to Use It

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If you’ve longed to have the same control over text tracking on the web that you do in InDesign, you must read Design Festival’s piece “CSS Letter-​​spacing and Where to Use It.” With a little bit of code, the default spacing between letters can be adjusted in CSS—it’s not a new feature in CSS, but it’s essential for polishing up web fonts whose tracking might be a little spacey for display type.

More typography resources:

• Getting It Right with Type: The Do’s and Don’ts of Typography
• Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working with Type
• Typography Now: Everything You Need to Know About Fonts