Kerning
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- airey0
- I WANT TO INCREASE TRACKINGjimbojones
- jagger is totally spelled wrongMikeColdFusion
- jagger should be spelled:
o l d f a r tAmicus
- jimzyk0
hey you stole that from me jimbojones!
well technically i stole it from the internets also...- you INSPIRED mejimbojones
- you INSPIRE me.
lets get a room.jimzyk - I hope you are a her: http://www.larissame…jimbojones
- kelpie0
ironic that I generally talk about being able to "drive a bus between those kerning pairs" in these situations
- Autokern0
Anyone called?
- shitehawke0
Hello jimbojones, I want to thank you for giving me a heads up on a font I was asking about a while back. You recommended a font, looked great and I went for it, so cheers!
Also, I agree with your thread.
- cheers man, what font was that?jimbojones
- URW Egyptienne, I was looking for an alternative to 'Popular'.shitehawke
- ah ok. didn't I send you popular as well?jimbojones
- jimbojones0
- whats bad here tell me, im a novicecreez
- S A VE the D ATEjimbojones
- oh, and overall crappinessjimbojones
- visionary0
some please explain and describe proper kerning.
- jimbojones0
the proper kerning is the kerning you don't see. you should see a word, not 2 or 3 parts of the word. you can't say this is too loose, that is too tight in general, it's always in context, if the first 4 letters are tight you can't loosen the 5th, you'll make an ugly hole. that's it.
- ugly tracking is annoying toojimbojones
- i'll show you an ugly holescarabin
- go onjimbojones
- scarabin0
what i hate is seeing ATMs that say "A TM".
how the hell do you fuck up the kerning on 3 letters???
- "you" don't. it's the fault of the program. no wait, it's the fault of the font creator. no wait, lazy people create atm signage.
lvl_13 - YOU can always use your eye, common sense and manual kerning not to fuck up the 3 lettersjimbojones
- "you" don't. it's the fault of the program. no wait, it's the fault of the font creator. no wait, lazy people create atm signage.
- jimbojones0
All the "simple" pairs done wrong suck twice as hard because you will notice them so fast. AV AW AY AT and so on...
- JulienDonkeyBoy0
what is tracking?
- version30
Tracking is Overall Letterspacing
Tracking differs from kerning in that tracking is the adjustment of space for groups of letters and entire blocks of text. Use tracking to change the overall appearance and readability of the text, making it more open and airy or more dense.
- JulienDonkeyBoy0
so its all about your eye, you even have it or not huh? no rules? can you learn about Kerning and tracking? any tips?
(really interesting subject)
- MisterMonk0
Go read The Elements of Typographic Style - Robert Bringhurst.
Anyone with an Apple can be a designer these days. Oh sad. Educate yourself, learn the history of graphic design. Help your knowledge. If you can't afford to buy it go to the library.