#kerning

[todays-xkcd]

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Fix This Sign [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

A single panel containing a large, elevated sign with Ponytail in front of it.

The sign has a large title reading "Doanate to fix this sign!". Below that on the left is a faux QR code with a link https://[illegible].com, and on the right a list of donation requests: $10 fix kerning $20 align columns [this entry is mis-aligned] $20 fix text size [this entry is in a smaller point than the others] $50 fix typo $50 fix centering $100 fix rotation

Ponytail, looking at her phone, is saying "Grrr..." and possibly going to the sign's website to donate.

Text below panel: "My new company's business model is based on extorting graphic designers."

[sweaterkittensahoy]

This tattoo is very funny when you know that kerning is the fancy term for the space between letters. Very important in text design to get it right.

[kenyatta]

While some have argued that the bad kerning is actually a gesture of humility under God, there’s no evidence of similar kerning errors in other papal tombs. Cheryl Jacobsen, a calligrapher and adjunct assistant professor at the Center for the Book at the University of Iowa, calls the engraving “horrifically bad,” noting that “there is no historical reason for spacing that bad.”

- The kerning on the pope’s tomb is a travesty - Fast Company

[victusinveritas]

[fontpolice]

Never forget

One reason this sign might be disobeyed is the lack of kerning in the T-A-Y sequence on the second line, and the Y-O pair in the third. Credited to NamelessCynic.

[macrolit]

Letter spacing murder

[vitabreva]

You guys have to see the fucked up kerning on Pope Francis’ grave marker! 😭

[doctorslippery]