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charSpacing

Syntax

    chunkExpression.charSpacing

Description

Text cast member property; enables specifying any additional spacing applied to each letter in the `chunkExpression` portion of the text cast member.

A value less than 0 indicates less spacing between letters. A value greater than 0 indicates more spacing between letters.

The default value is 0, which results in default spacing between letters.

Example

The following handler increases the current character spacing of the third through fifth words within the text cast member myCaption by a value of 2:

    on myCharSpacer
    	mySpaceValue = member("myCaption").word[3..5].charSpacing
    	member("myCaption").word[3..5].charSpacing = (mySpaceValue + 2)
    end