Kerntype, the kerning game
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- sigg0
96
in my defense i thought you could only move one letter for the first word.
- isleptwithsirenstonight0
94
- lol. Posting numbers as if anyone gives a fuck is one thing, bumping a four year old thread to do it is next level nonsenseset
- pay attentionisleptwithsirenstonight
- utter jibbering flufferyset
- genfourth0
they need to add more fonts
- PonyBoy0
it'd be nice to be able to adjust the last letter too... all these tests are based on kerning that's too open...
I got 100 a number of times... but in my opinion the type STILL LOOKED UGLY :)
- < This, re: last letter. Tighter tracking + proper kerning = typography goldContinuity
- stewart0
don't always agree with his solution... am i the only one?
- iheartfun0
I guess they really like making these.... Same idea as Kern Type
posted it here but no one seemed to care lol
http://www.qbn.com/topics/665466…Shape type
http://shape.method.ac/- there was a thread for that toomonospaced
- was there oopsiheartfun
- no worries, you're right, nobody gives a flying fuckmonospaced
- Beeswax0
- Did they not expect anybody to reach hundred? Didn't fit in the score box.Beeswax
- I blame your shit OS and browsermonospaced
- so you suggest Win and IE?Beeswax
- scruffics0
98
- gramme0
Yeah. His idea of "good kerning" in gargantuan is horrendous. Huge spaces between g/a. After another look, I seriously doubt this is the spacing Spiekermann built into Meta. Yvess and They are pretty bad too. It's nearly impossible to achieve nice spacing in They with it tracked out so heavily. Almost all of these examples would have significantly tighter tracking in the real world.
The fact that users are forced into spacing justified words is part of the problem. Nobody kerns that way.
It's a game, so who the hell really cares – except for the fact that this is somewhat geared toward developers with an intent to educate. So now they'll pick up bad habits and erroneous ideas about what good kerning looks like and how it's done.
- vsplus0
95... ... ...
- non0
KERNING IS NOT A GAME. ITS SERIOUS STUFF.
- typist0
98
- CALLES0
got a hundred... after a couple of 70s
- non0
In all seriousness though, how the fuck can you rate kerning. Its such a subjective thing. That game is pretty stupid IMO, but still fun.
- Continuity0
93% on my 2nd try, thankfully.
- typist0
too hard to get 100, i give up, thanks for sharing
- non0
And this guy -> http://imprint.printmag.com/typo… has to be the most anal person on the planet.
- yet, he's 100% correct and his summary experience is spot-onmonospaced
- The creator of one of the classiest typefaces - Bermuda LP.non
- http://new.myfonts.c…
non - And he worked with Rolex too.non
- VikingKingEleven0
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100Ok im done.