Hellvetica.ttf – Kern in Hell

Re:Hellvetica.ttf – Kern in Hell by bigred100 on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:20PM (#21391536)

I don’t understand this. Can someone explain the typing joke to me?

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Re:Hellvetica.ttf – Kern in Hell by haste410 on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:28PM (#21391608)

Kerning is the amount of spacing between letters. Type with poorly applied kerning is a long standing joke as a way to annoy a designer. Font files can have the amount of kerning between letter pairs built in. This font is Helvetica with very poor kerning built in. It's "hell" for people who care about kerning.

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Re:Hellvetica.ttf – Kern in Hell by bigred100 on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @01:18PM (#21400114)

Thanks.

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