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» Typography » How to create font — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:54:12 +0000

[…] you want to create your own font. (What! You haven’t learned all about serifs, side-bearings, and kerning? Well, make sure you read all of the articles on iLT before you embark on font creation! You’ll […]

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» Kerning v. Letter Spacing Pixel Therapy: All things pixelated — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:11:05 +0000

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By: LL

LL — Sun, 25 May 2008 21:48:25 +0000

Girl: Hmmm. Looks like the A and the T fell off the sign.
Boy: That explains the radiation which made our FINGERS fall off.

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Sunday type: crossword type | i love typography, the typography blog — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:53:29 +0000

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By: steeze

steeze — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:13:01 +0000

Hi all,
I have a question about the kerning option found in Adobe’s application.
Which one of the two settings available is the best?

The metric or the optical, or non of them?

Thanks very much

Regards

By: Cuidando los detalles se logra la exelencia, o lo que es lo mismo, “kerning” | ervdesign.net

Mon, 12 May 2008 07:46:51 +0000

[…] sobre temas relacionados con el interletraje y el kerning, en el genial blog “I Love Typography”. También en este mismo blog, descubrí un curioso grupo en Flickr, (otro […]

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:32:31 +0000

hehe!!! what a creative little article, I love it!!
Thanks, now I understand kerning a bit better and will probably pass my upcoming typography test yayayayay.

By: TypoJunkie

TypoJunkie — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:14:51 +0000

I can just count 11, although it took some extra attention (something I never do while reading). And now I know we’re all geeks!

As for the cartoon:

Girl: Beautiful sunset, isn’t it?
Boy: Huh? What?

By: Alec

Alec — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:55:23 +0000

@Vig —- LOL! I feel your pain.

By: Vig

Vig — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:06:32 +0000

I spotted 15 originally, but had a look through again and picked up 12. The other 3 were just me being really, really anal retentive.

Hey, I don’t know if everyone has this constant battle but I’m always arguing with clients about the time it takes me to work on a brochure or anything type related. This is due to the client not understanding typography’s relation to design. In my current job I have to not only design the prettiness, but also take in a lot of body copy and apply it to my designs. Unlike some people I actually spend time going through the copy and adjusting kerning, tracking to minimise orphans and whatnot.

A common exchange between the boss and I:

Boss: “David, I don’t like how slow you’re taking, this should be done in 10 minutes! (10 minutes is apparently the time it should take a designer to do anything design related)

Me: “FUCKING KERNING!” (slightly paraphrased of course, but frustration still just as intense)