Briefle words · UI design
Letter-spacing
Also called tracking
The uniform amount of space added or removed between all the letters in a piece of text.
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Account overview with a large balance, three stat columns and recent activity. Label everything with small uppercase overline labels in muted grey, and give them positive letter-spacing (around 0.08em) so the caps don't crowd. Tabular numbers for the amounts.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Account overview”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →Home screen of a checking account in a mobile banking app.
Why: A adds 0.08em tracking to every uppercase label; B uses slightly negative tracking, so the letters crowd together.
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