• Explain kerning and leading.  Also, explain why proper kerning and leading is so important in design. In addition, post a picture of bad kerning. 

• Kerning is the process of removing tiny units of space between characters to create visually consistent letter spacing. The larger the test, the more critical it is to adjust the spacing. Kerning is totally dependent on your eye; the computer cannot do it for you.

• Leading is used to define the amount of space between vertically adjacent lines of text. The term originated during the days of manual typesetting when thin strips of lead of various widths were used to separate the rows of metal typefaces. 

This is an example of bad kerning. The spacing is to close