Tracking and Kerning

For my first tutorial, I figured I’d start easy.  Well, easy NOW.  As with everything, this stuff was rocket science to me before I learned it.  And, as usual, John had to talk to me like a 5 year old and send me pretty pictures until I understood it.

Many t-shirt designs have text.  So, to make them, we use fonts.  Fonts are often kinda lame when it comes to spacing between letters.  Sometimes they look fine.  But, usually, they don’t.  They have gaps between some letters, and not enough space between others.  To fix this, we can use tracking and kerning in Photoshop.  And, with only a minute or two of work, you can make text look brilliant and professional, rather than clumsy and amateurish.

So, take a look at this little video tutorial to learn how to use tracking and kerning to improve the quality of your text designs.

Enjoy!

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