Re:3px of padding makes all the difference in the world
by ollysb on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @05:54AM
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I've never found a way to fine tune the letter-spacing using css, the smallest unit seems to be 0.07em which is usually too much. Would love to know how to do it if it's possible.
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Re:3px of padding makes all the difference in the world
by eclipticplane on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @11:57AM
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Usually you don't want to change letter spacing. It should be part of the font itself. By changing it via CSS letter-spacing, you alter the font's built-in spacing. This is particularly noticeable with letter combinations with very tight kerning, like 'AV' or 'WA' or 'li li' or 'ni in'. While most web fonts do not have the vast kerning tables that a professional typeset font will have, the built-in kerning is usually leagues above what you can accomplish with letter-spacing.
Re:3px of padding makes all the difference in the world
by alptrv on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @07:23AM
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text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; may help in some cases
Re:3px of padding makes all the difference in the world
by leephillips on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @10:55AM
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Is this safe to use now? If I recall correctly this crashed some browsers not too long ago, and could cause some extreme rendering glitches, such as text disappearing.