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The way people kern headlines these days makes my eye twitch
I keep seeing posters and web headers where the letters are either crammed together or floating apart like they're scared of each other. A coffee shop near me just put up a sign where the 'r' and 'n' in 'Morning' were basically touching while the 'i' was a mile away. Has anyone else noticed this getting worse or am I just getting old?
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evan511d ago
Kernings always been a thing people mess up, but I gotta say I kinda like when the letters are a little loose or tight. Gives signs some character, ya know? That coffee shop sign you mentioned, sounds like somebody just rushed through it on their laptop without looking. But some of those old school hand painted signs with weird spacing, those are art. You might just be noticing it more because every goofball with a design app thinks theyre a typographer now.
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amy_reed791d ago
@evan51 nailed it, just eyeball the spacing on a printed test before committing.
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