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I don’t see how the benefits of kerning, if any, outweigh the enormous costs.
by whatnow37373 2y ago
I don’t see how the benefits of kerning, if any, outweigh the enormous costs.
- Muromec 2y agoIt looks nice. When everyrhing consistently looks nice, thise small things accumulate into one apple.
- exe34 2y agoit's one of many little things that add up to "oh your poster looks much nicer than the others" - but they can't put their finger on what exactly makes it nice.
- keming 2y agoKerning lets letters be spaced more uniformly, which is easier to read for most of us. It also allows letters to crowd each other like friends in a wacky group photo, a tree overhanging a sidewalk, or a cat's tail doing its weird contortions. Fonts are fun. It’s worth the trouble I think, but there are options if you’d rather not support it.
- dsp_person 2y agoIn my e-reader I changed the font to Roboto Mono and completely forgot it was monospace. It's not like reading feels any less efficient. Idk might even feel more efficient or comfy somehow.
- MrMcCall 2y agoMaybe there's an advantage to having each successive character appear perfectly rhythmically across the page. What I want are two or even three shades for consecutive lines, to make it easier to transition from the end of the current line to the beginning of the next.
- dsp_person 2y agoHmm can you explain? Would that be like line 1 starts out purple, transitions to light purple at the end of the line, and 2nd line starts light purple, transitions to pink, 3rd line starts pink and transitions to purple?
- numpad0 2y agosales
- f30e3dfed1c9 2y agoThe costs aren't enormous or anything close to it.