unwanted letter spacing

[gallaghers]

For a few days now whenever I use the text tool it creates spacing between the letters. I was playing around with text last week so I'm sure I hit the wrong button somewhere, I just don't know which. I'm using Photoshop Elements 13.

Comments

[gallaghers]

I tried both but neither worked.

[gallaghers]

I was really hoping it'd be as easy as Opt + left arrow, but all it did was select the text. :(

[basilxhallward]

I don't think it's kerning if it's all the letters. It's probably the tracking. It's in the same place as kerning. I'm not super familiar with elements but it should be an A and V with an <---> underneath. Highlight the text and set it back to auto and see if that helps.

[gallaghers]

To be honest I don't think I even have kerning in Elements so I'm not sure what it is. This is what the tool bar looks like for text

[basilxhallward]

Hmm. Is it in all fonts or just the one? Sometimes the built in letter spacing is large on purpose and that's the way it's meant to be. If not see the carat drop down on the right? Check to see what the options in there are or if one of them is inadvertently checked? I set mine to all caps all the time in other programs and then forget.

[gallaghers]

It's all fonts. The drop down is just to reset the tools to their default, which I did both there and under preferences but it did nothing.