Text spacing refers to the amount of whitespace around pieces of text. Between letters in words, between words, and between lines.

Text spacing affects readability, and therefore the usability of a Web site. It’s something you should pay attention to.

This article reviews some text spacing options.

Line spacing

This is how much vertical space is added between lines of text. Like this:

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In this page, you will learn that:

• Informational graphics are part of a page’s content.

• Interface graphics are things like buttons that people click on.

• Structural graphics are part of the visual framework of a Web page.

• Graphic elements should conform to the color scheme you have chosen.

• You can use a jQuery plug-in to make rounded corners.

• Packaged designs include layouts and graphics, already made.

This page is about color.

• You want to choose a color scheme, a set of colors that work together.

• Individual colors have a hue (basic color), saturation (intensity), and value (brightness).

• A tint is a color with white added to it. A shade is a color with black added to it.

• Types of color schemes include monochrome with an accent color, complementary, and analogous with an accent color.

• You need to understand what you want before choosing a color scheme.

• You can download complete designs, that include colors and graphics.

• You can generate a color scheme from a photo.

This page is about setting a Web site’s goals. You’ll learn:

• What goals owners of Web sites have.

• What goals Web site visitors have.

• What goals developers of Web sites have.

You know how to make links with the <a> tag. Let’s improve their look. Learn:

• What the <a> tag’s pseudo-classes are.

• How to use the pseudo-classes to create link effects.

Learn:

• The elements of font styling.
• How to style text.
• How to change background colors.