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Leading
Leading is the amount of space between lines of text. To adjust the leading, simply select a line(s) of text, and either type in a leading value in the leading field of the character palette or click on the leading arrow and select a leading pt increase or decrease the leading.
Kerning
Kerning is the amount of space between individual letters. Usually, kerning is used to make minor spacing adjustments between specific letter pairs. The font designer—when constructing a font family—usually specifies a default kerning. To use the default, font designer specified kerning, select Metrics or Optical from the kerning pull-down menu in the Character palette. However, if you want to apply your own kerning, using your Typetool, simply click in between the letters where you want to adjust the kerning. Then either type a value in the kerning field or click on the kerning pull-down menu and choose a value.
Tracking
Similar to kerning, tracking sets the amount of space between letters. However, tracking is used not so much on a per-letter-basis, but more on specifying the space between letters for a whole word or sentence. To set the tracking, select the text that you want to adjust, and either type a value in the tracking field or click on the tracking pull-down menu and choose a value
Color
Within the Character palette, you can also change the color of a selected letter, word, or paragraph. To change the color of some text, select it using the Type tool, and click on theColor swatch in the Character palette. This will open the familiar Color Picker window where you can choose any color you'd like. When you've selected the color you want, simply click OK to close the color picker window and you've just changed the color of your selected text. You can also change the color of all the text in a layer by selecting the text layer in your Layers palette, and changing the color using the method I just described