Apply advanced character formatting

- [Instructor] In an earlier chapter,…we looked at the basics of character formatting,…including setting the font, size, and leading.…Now let's look at a few more important…character styling options that you have.…I'm going to zoom in to the top of this page…by holding down Command + Spacebar,…or Control + Spacebar in Windows,…and then dragging out a marquee.…Now I'll grab my type tool,…and I'm going to select this heading here.…Let's add some additional formatting to this text.…Now, you remember that leading changes the spacing…between lines of text, right?…But what about changing the spacing…between individual characters?…I'm going to look up here in the control panel…at these two fields.…

The first one on the top is kerning.…Now, kerning let's you adjust the amount of space…between two letters on a line.…The second one is called tracking.…Now, tracking is the same as kerning,…but it goes across a range of text,…not just two characters at a time.…In fact, some people call tracking range kerning.…Technically they're both doing the same thing,…