Text Tracking controlled by option and right or left arrow?



  • Then why not have Option (Alt) + Up/Down Arrow for changing the row spacing, no matter the mode you are in (just select the text and it should work), just as Option + Left/Right Arrow works for tracking? Is there any conflict here?


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    @b77 That does the scaling now. (nudging the selected object size with the keyboard)



  • Text objects are special because fonts are involved — is this vertical s̶c̶a̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ distorting of fonts really useful and often needed? I would just drag the top or bottom handle if I wanted that (but 99% of the time I don't).

    I would go for consistent shortcuts (Option + Arrows, or something else) for both tracking and leading and make them work also when you're not in text editing mode. That would be a fast workflow in my opinion.