Tillriktning

22:05 Feb 8, 2011
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Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Printing & Publishing / From an inhouse style guide.
Swedish term or phrase: Tillriktning
Appears in the sentence "Tillriktning in Adobe InDesign måsta staällas i läge…"

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ParkerR
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Local time: 13:27


Summary of answers provided
5 +1Letter spacing
Barry Appleby
5tracking
Sven Petersson


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Letter spacing


Explanation:
Med tillriktning menas inom typografin det teckenmellanrum som finns mellan de olika tecknen i ett ord. Tillriktingen kan ändras antingen genom kerning, eller genom spärrning/knipning.


    Reference: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillriktning
Barry Appleby
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:27
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sven Petersson: Adobe uses the term "tracking".
3 hrs

neutral  Thomas Johansson: Kanske "character spacing" vore bättre?
17 hrs

agree  Stefan A. M. Adamek: http://www.grafem.se/IndBokCS2_utdrag.pdf
13 days
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
tracking


Explanation:
Adobe uses the word "tracking", please see my references.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-02-09 02:40:38 GMT)
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http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/WS9293e1fb3b97...


    Reference: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/2010...
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter-spacing
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 14:27
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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