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08/05/18 - 22/05/18 | Week 7 - Week 9 Yeoh Xiao Shi (0331577) Typography Project 1 - A Story Book LECTURE Lecture 7 : Understanding The Text 08/05/18 (Week 7) Before the class began, Mr Vinod and Mr Shamsul checked on our previous work and gave us some feedbacks. After that, Mr Vinod gave us the lecture on kerning and letter spacing.  Text/Tracking: Kerning and  Letter spacing Kerning refers t o the automatic adjustment of space between the letters while letter spacing means adding space between the letters. However, kerning is often mistakenly referred to letter spacing. Tracking in typography means the addition and removal of space in a word or sentence. There are three types of tracking which is normal tracking, loose tracking and tight tracking. Fig.1.1: Types of tracking. Text/Formatting text Flush left : This format most closely mirrors the asymmetrical experience of handwriting.  Each line starts at the same point but ends wherever the last word on the line en...