Boris FX Boris Calligraphy Version 2.0 - Manual (Page 63)

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Working with the Letter Transformations Parameter Group
Tracking controls the global horizontal spacing of the characters in the effect. Unlike the
Tracking parameter in the Text window, you can animate this tracking parameter.
Tracking= 0 Tracking= 25 Tracking= 50
Leading adjusts the spacing, in pixels, between multiple lines of text. This parameter affects
the currently selected lines. Unlike the Leading parameter in the Text window, you can
animate this Leading parameter.
Baseline adjusts the vertical position of the text in relation to the baseline. Decrease this
value to move the bottom of the text below the baseline, or increase this value to raise the
character above the baseline. Unlike the Baseline parameter in the Text window, you can
animate this Baseline parameter.
Letter Skew X and Letter Skew Y distort text along the horizontal and vertical axis.
Letter Skew X= –25 Letter Skew X=0 Letter Skew X=25
Letter Skew Y= –25 Letter Skew Y=0 Letter Skew Y=25
Master Letter Scale lets you adjust Letter Scale parameters globally. Parameters can still be
changed independent of one another by using the individual Letter Scale parameters. For
example, you set Letter Scale X to 100 and Letter Scale Y to 200 to create text that is stretched
vertically. If you then set Master Letter Scale to 200, the resulting text is twice as wide and
four times as tall as the original.
Letter Scale X and Letter Scale Y set the scale of the text along the horizontal and vertical axis.
These parameters differ from the Page Transformations parameter group’s Scale X and Scale
Y parameters, which scale the entire text layer. For example, if you set Scale X to 200, the
resulting text is twice as wide as the original. If you set Letter Scale X to 200, the resulting
text is twice as wide as the original but the characters would overlap since Letter Scale
affects each letter. This is useful for creating animating tracking or type on effects.