Spacing. Some words about spacing type. Much more important than the shapes of the characters, is the rhythm of the type. A typeface with beautiful characters which are badly spaced is extremely hard to read. However, if the shapes of the letters are not that good, but when they are all perfectly spaced, the type will be fairly easy to read. Defining the rhythm is more important than defining the shapes.

　　字符間距

　　這里要說一下字符間距。字符的間距要比它的外形重要得多，這關系到字體的節奏。一種間距很糟糕的字體，不管外形如何優美，一樣難于閱讀。相反的，一款外形稍欠的字體，如果有完美的間距調節，這種字體一樣可以易于閱讀。因此，定義字體的節奏，要比定義字體的外形更加重要。

　　The white spaces inside and in between letters are defining the rhythm, much more than the black shapes of the letters. When you manage to create a good rhythm in your line of text, your type gets more readable and gives a balanced end result. While creating the black shapes, you have to take the white spaces into consideration. Because the white spaces are more important than the black shapes. However, white cannot exist without black. Changing a white shape, inevitable will have an influence on the black shape. From that perspective, one colour cannot be more important than the other.

　　是字符內部和字符之間的白空間決定著字符的節奏，而非字符的黑色形體。如果你能夠為你的文本建立一種很好的節奏，你的字體就更易于閱讀，并獲得均衡的整體效果。從創建黑色形體的時候起，你就應該同時把白空間的設置考慮在內。當然，白空間和黑空間是互相依存的。白空間的改變也必然的會影響黑空間的形態。從這個角度來看，我們不能說黑與白哪個更重要。

　　For example, there has to be a relation between the space inside an 'n' and the space between the 'i' and the 'n' (see drawing). In the top row you can see the space inside the 'n' is much much bigger than the space in between the 'n' and the 'i'. In the bottom row they are much more equal, and in this way you'll get a much better rhythm and more harmony in your line of text.

　　例如，字母n內部的白空間，以及i與n之間的白空間，兩者之間必然會存在著一種聯系（見圖示）。在上面一行中，字母n內部的白空間要遠大于i與n之間的白空間。在下面一行中，兩者則要均衡得多，你也因而獲得了更好的節奏，整個文本也更和諧。

　　The same goes for the inner form of the 'a' and the 'e' for example. There is a big relation between these two forms. If they have (optically) the same amount of white inside the character (=counter), your type will have a better rhythm as well.　

　　同樣的，小寫a和e之間的內部空間也存在著這種關系。兩個形狀之間的聯系非常緊密。這兩個字符的內部白空間（counter，中文術語翻譯為字懷/字谷/字幣）在視覺上應當是等量大小的，這樣你的字體才會有更好的節奏。

　　圖片文字說明：

　　文字間距基礎

　　上：太緊

　　下：a和e的內部空間應該是相等的

　　平衡字符的內空間和外空間