It’s not necessary to click the Center Align Text button to center the text, as the Horizontal
Center button will achieve the same result. However, centering the text first will mean any
additional lines of text will be properly aligned.Tracking adjustments tend to look neater and more intentional than individual kerning
adjustments.
Adjusting the leading
Kerning and tracking control the horizontal space between characters. Leading (pronounced
“led-ing”) controls the vertical space between lines of text. The name comes from the time
when strips of lead were used on a printing press to create space between lines of text.
You adjust the leading in the Text section of the Essential Graphics panel Edit pane. Let’s add
another line of text.
1. Continue to work with the Cloudscape Tracking clip in the 01 Clouds sequence.
2. With the Cloudscape Tracking clip selected in the Timeline panel, use the Selection tool to
double-click the CLOUDSCAPE text in the Program monitor. This highlights the text,
ready for editing.
3. Press the Right arrow key to move the cursor to the end of the text.
4. Press Return (macOS) or Enter (Windows) to enter a second line of text. Type (all in caps)
A NEW LAND.
5. Select the second line of text. Give the new text a font size of 48, set the tracking to 1000,
and set the Leading to 40.
6. Click an empty track in the Timeline panel to deselect the graphic.This increase in leading helps to separate the second line of text, but it’s still difficult to
read because of the background image.