Illustrator does use the Kerning information ( look at the space between the A and V of 'AVATAR' ) In fact most competitor products do use Kerning ( Illustarator, Quark, InDesign, Photoshop and even Painter ). If you examine the text in the picture above you will see some comparative tests with Illustartor and Manage Studio. These fonts have been designed to be less affected by the limitations of Manga Studio and to take advantage of some of its good features. I have made two fonts that you can download from this page ( click the download button in the top right to download). Some would say that the lack of Kerning makes Managa Studio lettering a tool for amatures.

fo example bringing an A and a V closer together because their diagonals should slightly overlap. Probably its worst feature is that it ignores the Kerning information in the font ( Kerning adjusts the spacing of the letters correctly according to which letter is next to it. Surveys of professionals and experts ususally put the Lettering in Manga Studio as its weakest feature.

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