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Is kerning necessary?
In typography, kerning is defined as the adjustment of space between two individual letters. Doing it right helps a design look more professional, so spending just a couple more minutes kerning your type should be second nature for any professional designer.
How is leading calculated?
Leading is typically measured in pixels, while line spacing is measured as a ratio of the default line height. In manual typesetting, leading defined the distance between each line (the width of the lead). However, modern applications often calculate leading as the font size plus the space above a line of text.
Are there any examples of kerning gone wrong?
It would save them unneeded headaches of poorly printed business cards, letters, custom signs, packaging, and other miscellaneous items they’ve design themselves. Today I collected some amusing examples of kerning gone wrong. If you’re designer, get ready for some sand in your eyes.
When do you use tracking instead of kerning?
Rather than adjusting one pair of letters like kerning, tracking applies consistent spacing to all the letters in a selection of text—you might adjust a single word, a sentence, or whole paragraphs or pages at once. If any tracking is necessary for your design, you’ll want to do that before kerning.
When do you need to use kerning in design?
Proper kerning usually separates the work of professional designers from that of ‘apprentice’ or ‘wanna-be’ designers. You can clearly see when a designer is trying to fake it until he or she makes it. After you learn about kerning, your life will change. Suddenly you will start seeing uneven spacing everywhere which will most likely irk you.
What happens to your life when you learn about kerning?
After you learn about kerning, your life will change. Suddenly you will start seeing uneven spacing everywhere which will most likely irk you. Some people might see you as a snob for bringing it up, but don’t pay attention to them. Just because you know something they don’t, does not make you the bad guy.