Leading is the technical term for the spaces in-between lines of text, the word originates from the days of manual typesetting when they used a strip of lead to alter the distance between lines of metal type. Now, back to regular programming! Leading (line spacing)

Read more about BrightSlide’s features here. Simply download BrightSlide, select the text you want to edit, right click and select Live Character Spacing or Live Line Spacing. It comes with a bunch of design and productivity tools created to supercharge your workflow in PowerPoint! These tools include live character and line spacing, speeding up some of the intricate kerning business we talk about below. Transforming your typography workflowĢ019 addition here! We have recently released our brilliant, totally free PowerPoint add-in BrightSlide.

If you want the lite version of BrightCarbon’s typography expertise, then have a look at this article, but I’d recommend you stay with me and we delve into the deep stuff. Be warned – SERIOUSLY advanced PowerPoint functionality follows. I’ll walk you step-by-step through techniques to get it to play ball. PowerPoint does many things well, but typography isn’t one of them.

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