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Use Navigation  to mark out the space needed for a Space character as a Navigation object.

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• Font Page:

Create a Space Character for your Font

1. In the Font panel, select the very first character in your font (the Space character).

2. Click Navigation .

The start point is automatically created at the leftmost side of the baseline.

3. Click somewhere along the baseline to place the far side of the Space character.

The Navigation object appears in the FilmStrip.

4. Right-click to deselect the Navigation tool.

You can now see the nodes for the Navigation object in the work area.

5. On the FilmStrip, ensure that the green start point for the Navigation object is on the left and the red end point is on the right.

6. Adjust the nodes of the Navigation object to create a Space character of the desired width.

The optimum width of the Space character will vary with the font. However, setting the space character at 75% of the width of the capital A is a good start.

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