Character spacing, more commonly referred to as tracking, is the amount of space between letters throughout an entire word, sentence, or paragraph.

By adjusting this setting that’s available with nearly every presentation software, you can dramatically alter the look of your lyric slides. Even more, this feature allows you to adjust the width of text to fit more naturally in your slides without compromising your professional look (as perhaps stretching your text would).

Here are three examples of character spacing and their benefits: