The Character palette gives you precise control over individual characters, including font, size, color, leading, kerning, tracking, and baseline shift. You can also stretch or shrink the type using horizontal or vertical scaling and apply color. (To apply font attributes, see Selecting and formatting text.)
Font
Specifies the font for the text.
Font Style
Determines the font style, such as Medium, Oblique, Bold, or Bold Oblique. (The options depend upon the selected font.)
Sets the font size.
Kerns the letters on either side of the insertion point. Kerning sets the space between specific letter pairs. To give the appearance of more even spacing, some letter pairs look better if pushed closer together, such as "VA" or "Te". Most fonts come with preset kerning values for specific letter pairs. A positive value loosens the space between letter pairs; a negative value tightens the space. Metric uses the font's original kerning values.
Scales the text vertically, relative to the baseline.
Shifts type from its baseline. A positive value raises the type; a negative value lowers it.
Sets the leading (the amount of space between lines of type measured baseline to baseline). Auto sets the leading at 120% of the font size of the text. If characters on a line have different settings, Adobe Encore DVD uses the largest leading value for the entire line.
Applies tracking values to insert or remove space evenly through the selected text. Positive tracking values move the characters apart; negative tracking values move characters closer together.
Stretches or shrinks the text horizontally.
Color
Applies color to the text. Click the color to display the Color Picker dialog box.