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I have a design degree and have spent time roughing out kerning pairs in FontForge, so while I'm sure I'm not the most qualified person in the world, I do have
by Brendinooo 3y ago
I have a design degree and have spent time roughing out kerning pairs in FontForge, so while I'm sure I'm not the most qualified person in the world, I do have a bit of cred here.
Kerning is hard, not just because of the skill you need to eyeball things well but because there is so much variance to account for. Very tedious.
That said, I think there's an art to it, so it's probably fine that I disagreed with some of the choices.
With Quijote, I wanted the u closer to the Q than the solution did. When I got to Toronto I tried to remember that, and ended up with a low score because the T and o were a lot closer together that time.
I dunno. Hard to nail down. But fun! Nice project.
- twiss 3y agoI think it's because the game is using a different font for each "round" (indicated in the bottom left corner), so there is no consistency across rounds. It would've been easier to learn/guess the "solutions" that way, but I think it's also interesting to see the different kerning decisions across different fonts.
- Agentlien 3y agoI know nothing of kerning and I made the exact same "mistakes"!