Kerntype, the kerning game
- Started 14 years ago
- Last post 10 years ago
- 59 Responses
- mg330
SHITTIEST GAME EVER.
- jtb260
This fella is calling Kerntype out on the carpet for questionable kerning.
Balls to it, I'm still pleased with my score. I did think my kerning of Holly was better.
- that's what I've been trying to say for awhile. it just isn't the benchmark we should be following, plain and simplemonospaced
- gramme0
89. Lost focus on a couple. Disagreed with their spacing of gargantuan.
- gramme0
It seems we're aiming for the built-in kerning on all of these, which in several cases could be improved.
- monospaced0
^ I had been waiting for your input, gramme, for awhile now. Good to hear you agree. I disagreed with the majority of their spacing, though.
- 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
All of them 100 except one 92.
- 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
- 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.
- non0
KERNING IS NOT A GAME. ITS SERIOUS STUFF.
- 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.
- 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
- monospaced0
^ from the blog post in the above link:
"The first time I tried KernType I didn’t realize what the “rules” were until I had failed at several of the test words. But even after that my scores were often pathetic. I think I only got four of the ten test words right. However, when I looked at the solutions that MacKay proposed I didn’t feel so bad. I disagreed, sometimes violently, with them. My failed scores began to look like a badge of honor. To see if that really was the case I played the game a second time, paying more attention and trying to achieve perfect scores for each test word. But I failed. This time I only got three right."
This was almost my exact experience.
- sigg0
96
in my defense i thought you could only move one letter for the first word.
- mantrakid0
"The first time i tried Super Mario Brothers I didn't realize what the "rules" were until I had failed several attempts at finishing level 1-1. However, when I looked at the placement of the Goombas, the precise location and arrangement of Koopa Troopas I didn't feel so badly. I disagreed, sometimes violently, with them. My failed attempts began to look like a badge of honor. To see if this was really the case I played the game a second time, using game genie to keep the enemies frozen in one place. But I failed. This time I only got to the flashing [ ? ] blocks that look like a robot head."
- ESKEMA0
Don't know if I'm gonna be timelined but they have another one which is more fun.
Shape Type
http://shape.method.ac/#- got 88% but my forms were better than the originals :DESKEMA
- See 9 posts up.monospaced
- well yeah, was bound to happen...ESKEMA
- elloh0
96/100
- ********0
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 nonsense********
- pay attention********
- utter jibbering fluffery********
- lol. Posting numbers as if anyone gives a fuck is one thing, bumping a four year old thread to do it is next level nonsense
- scruffics0
98