@simplebits ha!!! Since moving to https://typo.social I’ve found so many tips and tricks and type wisdom I’ll likely never leave the instance #Mastodon @admin #keming #kerning
#20yrsago Suicide hotline operator finds work counselling data-loss victims https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Psychologist-helps-victims-of-data-loss-Some-2632946.php
#20yrsago ThreeDegress: Microsoft's #DRM for Kids is unbelievably terrible https://web.archive.org/web/20030307140713/http://cheerleader.yoz.com/archives/000419.html
#15yrsago Apple TV DRM makes iTunes rentals incompatible with many TVs https://tidbits.com/2008/02/20/drm-foils-itunes-movie-rentals-for-some-apple-tv-owners/
#15yrsago Life and times of a #ConsumerReports secret shopper https://www.wired.com/2008/02/ps-consumerreports/
#15yrsago New typography term: #Keming (improper kerning) https://www.ironicsans.com/2008/02/idea_a_new_typography_term.html
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#20yrsago #drm #15yrsago #consumerreports #keming
Mind your #fonts and #kerning (or is it #keming), people! Also, have a swell #valentinesday. ❤️
#fonts #kerning #keming #valentinesday
You know about #kerning, and you've seen hilarious examples of why #KerningMatters (see #keming), probably because some sad designer pointed it out to you, so that you, too, can feel sad.
Chuck Davis is among the most qualified masters of #typography to teach kerning, in case you ever wanted to know how and why it works. Here's a 12-page guide he recently posted, for free: https://www.letterheadfonts.com/chuckdavis/kerningmastery.php
#kerning #kerningmatters #typography #keming
I am going to read AI as Al, and I'll read it as Weird AI because Weird Al, and I won't be wrong.