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Cameron Moll Cameron Moll is a designer, speaker, and author living in Sarasota, Florida (United States) with his wife and four sons. He's the founder of Authentic Jobs Inc, among other endeavors.

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Tuesday 21 September 2010

How to Kern Type [Well]

The title of this post is actually “How to Kern Type Perfectly”, but you and I know there’s no magic formula for perfect kerning. Instead, Rob Sutton shares a tip he learned from an esteemed mentor:

She suggested turning the type upside down, that way you don’t read the word, you merely look at the shapes the characters make and the space that’s created between them….

It was a great tip, and one I still use today.

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    Turn it upside down— so brilliant.
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    This will be very helpful. Trying...arrive at a good enough kerning
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    to draw faces that look like the actual pic. it works.
  10. prettyclever reblogged this from typegirl and added:
    usually find myself looking just above the letters, or blurring my vision slightly. I may very well go cross-eyed...
  11. catharsis reblogged this from cameronmoll and added:
    does Include a really helpful tip that I’ll be adding...my workflow. Thank
  12. typegirl reblogged this from cameronmoll and added:
    in design school. Definitely...oldy and a goody.
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