# Wide letter spacing

Visual element sample: Graphic design › Typesetting
Source: https://visual-gallery.asami.tokyo/en/styles/design-typesetting-wide-tracking

Letters are spaced well apart.

## Visual traits
- Letter spacing is increased by about 25% of the font size
- Each letter reads as a separate shape
- Usually used for short lines such as labels and headings

## Prompt
Wide letter spacing: increase letter spacing by about 25% of the font size so each letter reads as a separate shape, mostly for short lines such as labels and headings.

## Avoid
tight tracking, condensed type, cramped letters