NEGATIVE CHARACTER SPACING

Talk about Pixelmator Pro, share tips & tricks, tutorials, and other resources.
User avatar

2020-11-30 12:51:55

Hi. Great update to 2.0

In the previous version, there was a negative character spacing option on the slider. This was very useful for getting a layout right before transforming to shape or adding effects.

Having to transform the text to a shape in order to get the letters closer together in a text line is very time consuming.

Is there still this option hidden somewhere?

J
User avatar

2020-11-30 12:54:18

...just type -10 into the value bar
User avatar

2020-12-01 15:55:13

Yup, you can also press and hold the Option key to extend the range of that slider if you don't necessarily want to type in negative values yourself.
User avatar

2021-07-09 19:03:34

Where did the kern and mortise slider bar go in version 2.1.2?
User avatar

2021-07-12 07:51:32

by BeeOfBeeAndTheHive 2021-07-09 16:03:34 Where did the kern and mortise slider bar go in version 2.1.2?
We've moved the advanced text editing options to the Action pop-up menu
Image
The slider removal itself was a design choice — it was tricky to fit it in the limited space we had. Right now, the closest thing to using the slider would be Option-scrolling the spacing field.