Photoshop

Adjust word and letter spacing in justified text

You can precisely control how Photoshop spaces letters and words and scale characters. Adjusting spacing is especially useful with justified type, although you can also adjust spacing for unjustified type.

  1. Select the paragraphs you want affected, or select a type layer if you want all the paragraphs in that type layer to be affected.
  2. Choose Justification from the Paragraph palette menu.
  3. Enter values for Word Spacing, Letter Spacing, and Glyph Spacing. The Minimum and Maximum values define a range of acceptable spacing for justified paragraphs only. The Desired value defines the desired spacing for both justified and unjustified paragraphs:
    Word Spacing
    The space between words that results from pressing the spacebar. Word Spacing values can range from 0% to 1000%; at 100%, no additional space is added between words.

    Letter Spacing
    The distance between letters, including kerning or tracking values. Letter Spacing values can range from –100% to 500%; at 0%, no space is added between letters; at 100% , an entire space width is added between letters.

    Glyph Spacing
    The width of characters (a glyph is any font character). Glyph Spacing values can range from 50% to 200%; at 100%, the height of characters is not scaled.
    Spacing options are always applied to an entire paragraph. To adjust the spacing in a few characters, but not an entire paragraph, use the Tracking option.