Letter spacing

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Letter spacing

FreePDF: Letter spacing is possible in FreePDF only for newly inserted text boxes.

The space between individual letters can be set with an accuracy of em/1000. This is very useful for achieving certain layout effects, such as fitting text into a particular area by reducing or expanding the letter spacing.

M 1 em

Letter spaces are measured in "em". 1 em is the width of the letter "M" in a font.

Letter space and word space

In PDF documents, the space between words can also be varied. However, this technique is used less frequently than letter spaces.

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Adjust letter and word space

To adjust the space between letters and words, proceed as follows:

1.Select the Text edit tool icon_tool_text-edit in the Quick access toolbar.
2.Select the text that you want to customize.
3.Choose the ribbon command Home | group Character | Spacing and scaling icon_linespacing-custom, and select Spacing in the displayed menu to open the following dialog box:
dialog - text spacing - letter
4.You can change the spacing between letters and words by entering positive (increased spacing) or negative (reduced spacing) values and confirming them with the Enter key.
5.Press button - reset both to reset the letter space and word space to the default value 0.
6.When you have finished your entries, close the dialog box with the x button in the upper right corner.

Note: Confirm entered values with the Enter key before closing the dialog box.

Notes

You can use the shortcut key Ctrl+Shift+[ to reduce the letter space of the selected text, and the shortcut key Ctrl+Shift+] to increase the spacing.

The word spacing value is ignored when text is fully justified.