TermCraft conventionFoundational
Tracking
How tightly the letters sit together.
Definition
Uniform spacing added between characters across a run of text.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
How tightly the letters sit together.
Example
Large display headings usually need slightly negative tracking to look evenly spaced.
Continue from here
Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- Letter SpacingUI foundation
- ReadabilityUI foundation
- Type ScaleUI foundation