1015: Kerning - Revision history

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DKMell: 3113

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Bigbuttcompany: Mentioned comic sans

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Mentioned comic sans

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Numbermaniac: /* Explanation */ small grammar fix

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172.70.100.58: Removed kerning and keming google search thing

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Removed kerning and keming google search thing

While False: /* Explanation */ Grammar. Removes an, however humorous it might be, unfounded speculation about issues in Randall's private life

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‎Explanation: Grammar. Removes an, however humorous it might be, unfounded speculation about issues in Randall's private life

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 In the comic, the kerning in the sign is badly done: the spacing between C and I (in "City"), between C and E (in "Offices"), and even slightly between F and I (also in "Offices") is inconsistent. The space between the C and E is almost as wide as the space between the words. One character is clearly frustrated while the other character doesn't notice the problem at all.
-The comic explains that once a person learns what good kerning is, they will get irritated by shoddy kerning in the future. And since it is very irritating to be annoyed every time this happens, [[Randall]] suggests that you teach this to someone you really hate. Unfortunately, the comic itself has also taught us to be annoyed. <span style="letter-spacing: -1px;">Th<span style="letter-spacing: 1px;">a</span>nks, <span style="letter-spacing: 1.5px;">R</span>an<span style="letter-spacing: 1px;">da</span>ll.</span>
+The comic explains that once a person learns what good kerning is, they will get irritated by shoddy kerning in the future. And since it is very irritating to be annoyed every time this happens, [[Randall]] suggests that you teach this to someone you really hate. Unfortunately, the comic itself has also taught us to be annoyed. <span style="letter-spacing: -1.5px;">Th<span style="letter-spacing: 1px;">a</span>nks, <span style="letter-spacing: 1.5px;">R</span>an<span style="letter-spacing: 1px;">da</span>ll.</span>
 Kerning was mentioned in the title text of [[590: Papyrus]], a comic about the font Papyrus. The suggestion of teaching someone about kerning to annoy them sounds like it could become a new [[:Category:My Hobby|hobby]] for Randall. Kerning is also mentioned in [[3113: Fix This Sign]], in which annoyed graphic designers can donate to fix bad kerning and other poor graphical practices.

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 The comic explains that once a person learns what good kerning is, they will get irritated by shoddy kerning in the future. And since it is very irritating to be annoyed every time this happens, [[Randall]] suggests that you teach this to someone you really hate. Unfortunately, the comic itself has also taught us to be annoyed. <span style="letter-spacing: -1px;">Th<span style="letter-spacing: 1px;">a</span>nks, <span style="letter-spacing: 1.5px;">R</span>an<span style="letter-spacing: 1px;">da</span>ll.</span>
-Kerning was mentioned in the title text of [[590: Papyrus]], a comic about the font Papyrus. The suggestion of teaching someone about kerning to annoy them sounds like it could become a new [[:Category:My Hobby|hobby]] for Randall.
+Kerning was mentioned in the title text of [[590: Papyrus]], a comic about the font Papyrus. The suggestion of teaching someone about kerning to annoy them sounds like it could become a new [[:Category:My Hobby|hobby]] for Randall. Kerning is also mentioned in [[3113: Fix This Sign]], in which annoyed graphic designers can donate to fix bad kerning and other poor graphical practices.
 The title text is written by Randall explaining that as he was writing this comic about kerning, he was very self-conscious of his own handwriting. The act of thinking about kerning (and likely, the act of drawing an example of such bad kerning) made him aware of it in his own writing, and in fact, he kerns the caption oddly, with, for example, the T in "them" hanging over the top of the H, but this is a common quirk of his.

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	Kerning has been an issue in typography since the early era of printing presses and movable type but has taken on new challenges with digital printing. Typical non-designers using basic word processing software don't pay much attention to kerning. A good graphic designer, however, can compensate for bad kerning by individually adjusting the spacing between problem letters. People who specialize in graphic design or layout (and, thus, who are exposed to digital text on a regular basis) can become hyper-sensitive to bad kerning, seeing it in signs or other printed materials prepared by people without such sensitivity to bad kerning.		Kerning has been an issue in typography since the early era of printing presses and movable type but has taken on new challenges with digital printing. Typical non-designers using basic word processing software don't pay much attention to kerning. A good graphic designer, however, can compensate for bad kerning by individually adjusting the spacing between problem letters. People who specialize in graphic design or layout (and, thus, who are exposed to digital text on a regular basis) can become hyper-sensitive to bad kerning, seeing it in signs or other printed materials prepared by people without such sensitivity to bad kerning.
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		+	One example of bad kerning is the font Comic Sans. The kerning is very low quality, which is one reason as to why graphic designers have a disliking for it.

	In the comic, the kerning in the sign is badly done: the spacing between C and I (in "City"), between C and E (in "Offices"), and even slightly between F and I (also in "Offices") is inconsistent. The space between the C and E is almost as wide as the space between the words. One character is clearly frustrated while the other character doesn't notice the problem at all.		In the comic, the kerning in the sign is badly done: the spacing between C and I (in "City"), between C and E (in "Offices"), and even slightly between F and I (also in "Offices") is inconsistent. The space between the C and E is almost as wide as the space between the words. One character is clearly frustrated while the other character doesn't notice the problem at all.

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 In the comic, the kerning in the sign is badly done: the spacing between C and I (in "City"), between C and E (in "Offices"), and even slightly between F and I (also in "Offices") is inconsistent. The space between the C and E is almost as wide as the space between the words. One character is clearly frustrated while the other character doesn't notice the problem at all.
-The comic explains that once a person learns what good kerning is, they will get irritated by shoddy kerning in the future. And since it is very irritating to be annoyed every time this happens, [[Randall]] suggest that you teach this to someone you really hate. Unfortunately, the comic itself has also taught us to be annoyed. <span style="letter-spacing: -1px;">Th<span style="letter-spacing: 1px;">a</span>nks, <span style="letter-spacing: 1.5px;">R</span>an<span style="letter-spacing: 1px;">da</span>ll.</span>
+The comic explains that once a person learns what good kerning is, they will get irritated by shoddy kerning in the future. And since it is very irritating to be annoyed every time this happens, [[Randall]] suggests that you teach this to someone you really hate. Unfortunately, the comic itself has also taught us to be annoyed. <span style="letter-spacing: -1px;">Th<span style="letter-spacing: 1px;">a</span>nks, <span style="letter-spacing: 1.5px;">R</span>an<span style="letter-spacing: 1px;">da</span>ll.</span>
 Kerning was mentioned in the title text of [[590: Papyrus]], a comic about the font Papyrus. This is a comic in the "[[:Category:My Hobby|My Hobby]]" series, and the suggestion of teaching someone about kerning to annoy them sounds like it could become a new hobby for Randall.

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	Kerning was mentioned in the title text of [[590: Papyrus]], a comic about the font Papyrus. This is a comic in the "[[:Category:My Hobby\|My Hobby]]" series, and the suggestion of teaching someone about kerning to annoy them sounds like it could become a new hobby for Randall.		Kerning was mentioned in the title text of [[590: Papyrus]], a comic about the font Papyrus. This is a comic in the "[[:Category:My Hobby\|My Hobby]]" series, and the suggestion of teaching someone about kerning to annoy them sounds like it could become a new hobby for Randall.
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−	Incidentally, Google Search features an Easter egg regarding this very topic: searching for the word "[https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=kerning kerning]" causes every instance of that word to be badly overspaced. On the other hand, searching for "[https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=keming keming]" will cause every instance to be even more badly underspaced.

	The title text is written by Randall explaining that as he was writing this comic about kerning, he was very self-conscious of his own handwriting. The act of thinking about kerning (and likely, the act of drawing an example of such bad kerning) made him aware of it in his own writing, and in fact, he kerns the caption oddly, with, for example, the T in "them" hanging over the top of the H, but this is a common quirk of his.		The title text is written by Randall explaining that as he was writing this comic about kerning, he was very self-conscious of his own handwriting. The act of thinking about kerning (and likely, the act of drawing an example of such bad kerning) made him aware of it in his own writing, and in fact, he kerns the caption oddly, with, for example, the T in "them" hanging over the top of the H, but this is a common quirk of his.

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 ==Explanation==
-In typography, {{w|kerning}} refers to the spacing between consecutive letters in printed material or the process of adjusting said spacing. Bad kerning is thus text that has so much space between letters of one word that it appears to be two words, or by including so little space between letters that they run together. A common kerning issue is an "r" and an "n" together looking like an "m". (This latter case has resulted in the slang term "{{w|Kerning#Automatic_and_manual_kerning|keming}}" for this type of kerning.) Extreme behavior of bad kerning can lead to humorous or inappropriate text.
+In typography, {{w|kerning}} refers to the spacing between consecutive letters in printed material or the process of adjusting said spacing. Bad kerning is thus text that has so much space between letters of one word that it appears to be two words, or so little space between letters that they run together. A common kerning issue is an "r" and an "n" together looking like an "m". (This latter case has resulted in the slang term "{{w|Kerning#Automatic_and_manual_kerning|keming}}" for this type of kerning.) Extreme behavior of bad kerning can lead to humorous or inappropriate text.
 Proper kerning is more difficult than it sounds. If one were to imagine each letter as existing inside a rectangle, "A" and "V", for example, happen to be negatives of one another space-wise, and as a result if an "A" was simply set alongside a "V" (or vice versa) where the rectangles do not overlap, the spacing would end up looking unusually large. Thus, "AV" and "VA" sequences have to be specially programmed to overlap slightly.
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 Incidentally, Google Search features an Easter egg regarding this very topic: searching for the word "[https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=kerning kerning]" causes every instance of that word to be badly overspaced. On the other hand, searching for "[https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=keming keming]" will cause every instance to be even more badly underspaced.
-The title text is written by Randall explaining that as he was writing this comic about kerning, he was very self-conscious of his own handwriting. The act of thinking about kerning (and likely, the act of drawing an example of such bad kerning) made him aware of it in his own writing, and in fact, he kerns the caption oddly, with, for example, the T in "them" hanging over the top of the H, but this is a common quirk of his. He probably hates the person who made him aware of this, although it gave him this idea for a comic (that if he is correct, will make a lot of people hate him now).  This aspect suggests a parallel with [[972: November]], which also suggests the idea of annoying a person by calling their attention to something which usually does not merit it.
+The title text is written by Randall explaining that as he was writing this comic about kerning, he was very self-conscious of his own handwriting. The act of thinking about kerning (and likely, the act of drawing an example of such bad kerning) made him aware of it in his own writing, and in fact, he kerns the caption oddly, with, for example, the T in "them" hanging over the top of the H, but this is a common quirk of his.
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