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Re:Kern Type, The Kerning Game by tptacek on Monday November 25, 2013 @12:12AM (#6792614)
I did much better this time than I did the last time this was posted. The trick is to pay attention to the negative space more than the letterforms themselves; if you visualize the black pixels as the meaningful content, it's usually straightforward to see where things are out of balance.
Re:Kern Type, The Kerning Game by techwizrd on Monday November 25, 2013 @01:59AM (#6792868)
98/100. "Toronto" and "Xylophone" were really hard for me. I arranged them and tried to squint from afar to make sure they looked balanced.
Re:Kern Type, The Kerning Game by tptacek on Monday November 25, 2013 @11:14AM (#6794898)
Xylophone was the one for me where negative space was most helpful; notice how most of the letterforms are bordered by a straight edge on one side and a curved one, always at x-height, on the other.