Good Article on Kerning

[Rcnewcomb]

https://designschool.canva.com/blog/kerning/

A Beginner’s Guide to Kerning Like a Designer
Have you ever looked at a word or phrase you’re typesetting and something just looked off about it?

It might just be a kerning problem. Kerning refers to the amount of space between two letters (or other characters: numbers, punctuation, etc.) and the process of adjusting that space to avoid awkward-­looking gaps between your letters and improve legibility...

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[martin54]

Thanks for sharing that Randall, will have a read latter when I have some spare time. Sure there will be something new in there I don't know about or haven't read before. The majority of text I do as a signmaker requires some sort of kerning to look it's best.

[scottp55]

Thanks Randall!
Very good reading, and the kerning game was fun too!
So good I posted this thread on Shopbot forum
Got an 87 on the kerning game they linked.....not unhappy as a year ago I didn't know what kerning was:)
Thanks again,
scott

[ChrisInEstes]

That's a good article. Read it. Know it. Live it.

I'm probably not a perfect kerner, but I do pay a lot of attention to it. Sometimes I look at a word so long I don't even know if its spelled wright or even if its the correct word.

It's rare that I don't have to manually kern something I'm working on. About half the time, I have to fix the kerning of artwork that a "Graphic Artist" sends me. I usually just fix it w/o saying anything, unless it's really bad, then I email back with a rendering and an explanation. I've never had anyone tell me to un-fix something. Usually they approve it w/o saying anything about it. Sometimes they say they missed it, and sometimes they say they sent the wrong version.

Another common issue involves negative space. It's OK to be negative!

Here's an article --> http://www.sitepoint.com/a-solid-unders ... ive-space/

Chris