The Ultimate Guide to Kerning
Have you ever been reading something, innocently absorbing information, when you come across something that just doesn’t seem right—like a word that looks more like amica when you expected to see arnica? Or dang when you expected clang? You’re not alone—you’ve just experienced a Kerning Problem.
Kerning in the digital world refers to the addition or reduction of space between two specific characters, often referred to as a kern pair. Kern pairs are necessary to balance the white space between certain letter combinations in order to create even typographic color and texture as well as to optimize readability.
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Thank you, a good and useful article. I have come across several examples of type recently that really needed a critical kerning eye and it makes such a difference to overall readability when type is kerned properly.
Thank you. I learned a lot about kerning from your excellent and very well illustrated article.