CSS Template: letter-spacing: 0.05em;

📝 Use Case

This template is used to slightly improve text readability by adjusting the spacing between characters. It's especially helpful in lines with dense or small text. Suitable even for beginners.

📘 Explanation

The letter-spacing property allows you to control the space between characters. In this example, we use 0.05em to subtly increase the spacing for better legibility.

✅ Demo

This text has adjusted letter spacing.

📄 Code (Snippet)

<style>
  .spaced-text {
    letter-spacing: 0.05em;
  }
</style>

📦 Code (Full HTML)

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>Letter Spacing Demo</title>
  <style>
    .spaced-text {
      letter-spacing: 0.05em;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p class="spaced-text">This text has adjusted letter spacing.</p>
</body>
</html>

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✒️ Practical Techniques for Adjusting Letter Spacing

The letter-spacing property is a powerful tool that enhances both text readability and design aesthetics. Proper letter spacing significantly improves the user’s reading experience.

📏 How to Choose the Optimal Letter Spacing

0.05em is a standard value suitable for Japanese text, but adjustments are needed depending on the font and usage. For Mincho fonts, around 0.03em is ideal, for Gothic fonts 0.05em, and for headings about 0.1em. On mobile displays, narrowing to around 0.03em makes text easier to read on small screens.

🎨 Utilizing Design Effects

Increasing letter spacing (above 0.1em) conveys a sense of luxury and openness, while decreasing it (around -0.01em) expresses tightness and strength. For English text, widening to about 0.1em improves readability. However, when mixing Japanese and English, balancing is essential.

⚠️ Cautions and Best Practices

Too wide letter spacing can break the cohesion of words, making text harder to read. Especially for long text, avoid exceeding 0.1em. Also, since letter-spacing is inherited, be careful not to apply it unintentionally to elements like button text.

To maintain design consistency, it’s important to use a unified value site-wide, but intentionally varying the value for headings or special content can be effective. Using font size and relative em units allows for responsive design adaptation.