Word spacing

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. WikiProject Visual arts or the Visual arts Portal may be able to help recruit one. If a more appropriate WikiProject or portal exists, please adjust this template accordingly.

This article is about the typographic concept; for the practice of writing with spaces between words, see Interword separation

Word spacing in typography is the process of increasing or decreasing the space between words. Typographers may modify the default spacing of a letter in a body of type to aid readability and copy fit, or for aesthetic effect, but this does not alter word spacing alone, and is rarely done.

[edit] See also

• Double spacing

[edit] External links

• "The School of Close Spacing", excerpt from Book Typography, by Ari Rafaeli

[edit] External references

• Finer Points in the Spacing & Arrangement of Type, Geoffrey Dowding