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Re:Google’s look, evolved by equil on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @12:24PM (#10153570)
Quite the opposite, actually. http://i.imgur.com/bKBcIyX.jpg [1]

[1] https://design.google.com/articles/evolving-the-google-ident...

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Re:Google’s look, evolved by amelius on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @12:40PM (#10153701)
Yes, I said "optical" spacing. Not real spacing.

The link you provide is interesting. However, any technical explanation doesn't solve the optical illusion that the last three letters appear to be closer together than the first three letters.

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Re:Google’s look, evolved by kuschku on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @10:47PM (#10157159)
Yes – that’s why normally you use serif fonts and modify the width of the strokes dynamically. Also the reason why the old 'o's were tilted.
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