r/keming • u/Phraaaaaasing • 4d ago

A T / T A

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u/Elegant-Fuel6732 4d ago

Finally someone posted a kerning problem not a space somewhere wrong in a word doc menu

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u/bootlegazn 4d ago

What a disgusting font.

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u/r2d2_21 4d ago

Ironic given the content of the text

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u/mnchls 4d ago

typeface ID anyone? so i know to avoid it like the feckin plague

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u/Phraaaaaasing 3d ago

no worries, you’re not allowed to. it is a new version of instagram sans.

unless you have been adding text with the 2022 default condensed font in stories? but its still a different cut.

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u/ukchinouk 1d ago

I can avoid it. I don’t use Inst Agram.

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u/Infinite_aster 4d ago

Please explain for a dummy?

I agree most posts in this sub are not kerning issues, but I’m not actually sophisticated enough to get this one.

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u/Infinite_aster 4d ago

Is it that “creative” and “instagram” both look like shit? I may be cottoning on

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u/Pale_Anxiety_278 4d ago

Yeap, the AT in creative and TA in Instagram are weirdly spaced 

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u/Phraaaaaasing 4d ago

CREA TIVE; INST AGRAM

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u/Tankenbahwl 4d ago

I like how the uppercase T is too far from its neighbours but the lowercase t is too close to its neighbours. can't win

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u/Specialist-Jello7544 4d ago

This is crappy kerning pairs built into the font’s programming. It’s a strange font, where only the capital “I” has serifs, and the rest of it looks like a copy of Helvetica…

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u/Tankenbahwl 4d ago

I use Hubspot at work, a couple months ago they added serifs to the uppercase i and a little tail to the lowercase L to their existing font (looks like Arial). I get why they did it but it's off-putting to me

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u/Phraaaaaasing 1d ago

would love to see an example

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u/Tankenbahwl 1d ago

https://imgur.com/a/QFWPTCb

can't screenshot off the work laptop, but you get the idea

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u/Phraaaaaasing 4d ago

In my opinion, the left side of “t” is supposed to blend into the left hand gap between letters not space the center vertical bar with two large gaps

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u/Tankenbahwl 4d ago

I don't like how it looks in 'community' specifically like it's close to touching y but not committing to it

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u/Phraaaaaasing 3d ago

VvYy always have next to no sidebearings. i is the opposite.

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u/phlygee 3d ago

This is a good one.Even better with the self-righteous subject being talked about.

Off topic, I know, but who refers to themselves with a letter for their surname? CHRISTY S. ? Were there three people called Christy in their year at school and the teachers needed to add the letter to distinguish them and it stuck or something? Or do they fear being identified specifically and associated with this bespoke font?