Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this tutorial we'll be going over how to adjust the spacing between letters in Adobe Illustrator. This is otherwise known as kerning and can be accomplished with a simple keyboard shortcut.

We'll also be going over how to kern using the Touch Type Tool as well as auto kerning using the "Optical" setting in the Character menu.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Adjust the kerning
00:37 Adjust the tracking
00:50 Kerning with Touch Type
01:10 Auto kerning