Word spacing in conventional typographic terms is the process of uniformly increasing or decreasing the space between words. Typographers often modify the default space setting in a font to facilitate legibility and copy fit, or for aesthetic reasons. Typographic work Typography (from the Greek words typos = form and grapho = write) is the art and technique of selecting and arranging type styles, point sizes, line lengths, line leading, character spacing, and word spacing for typeset applications. ... A font can mean: A member of a typeface family; or digital font - file format that encapsulates a typeface family in a database. ...
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Wordspacing, the space between words, should be constant in flush left, flush right, or centered text.
However, for justified text, wordspacing varies from line to line to keep margins even, and it is important to keep wordspacing as consistent as possible, often with the use of hyphenation to aid readability.
Spacing concerns and the design of the typeface itself affect what is known as typographic color.
Wordspacing that’s too tight makes it hard for the eye to distinguish one word from the next, so that words appear to run into each other.
The optimal wordspacing of a typeface will be affected by the overall width of a typestyle, the openness or tightness of the letterfit, and the point size of the setting.
The wordspacing of an “out-of-the-box” font is a predetermined value and differs from font to font.
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