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KlausKi
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July 30, 2017
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How can I get letters to appear smaller/broader?

  • July 30, 2017
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In Microsoft Office Word there is a font setting making font characters to appear smaller or broader:

Does Adobe Illustrator provide a similar setting?

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Correct answer Barb Binder

Thanks to you both for helping me out on this !

But, strange, I don't have these options available (Illustrator CC 2017):

Do I need to enable some option in order to get these available?


Or, just click the up/down arrows in front of the panel name Zeichen.

It's worth a moment to consider those arrows. Whenever you see them on any panel, you can click on them repeatedly to toggle through the views. The Character panel has three: collapsed, partially open, open all the way. You need to open it all the way to see the scaling commands.

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Prosper Ken
Participant
July 31, 2017

Wow Thanks,  had same problem but after getting your solutions it works like charm on an (Link removed by moderator).

Bill Silbert
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 30, 2017

Yes. In the character Panel horizontal and vertical scale can be adjusted using the fields outlined in the screen shot below:

Jacob Bugge
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 30, 2017

Klaus,

There is Horizontal Scale in the Character palette, which makes the letter(s) broader/narrower.

But the image shows Character Spacing, which is regulated with Kerning or Tracking in the same palette.

Barb Binder
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 30, 2017

Choose Window > Type > Character

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
Bill Silbert
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 30, 2017

Man you have to be quick on these forums! there were no reply when I began to make my screen shot.

Barb Binder
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 30, 2017

Haha. I just happened to be sitting here when the question came in.

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training