Metric kerning uses these font pair values to control whether the spacing between letters should be increased or decreased, usually expressed in font units (a fraction of the em or current font ...

Metric kerning uses these font pair values to control whether the spacing between letters should be increased or decreased, usually expressed in font units (a fraction of the em or current font ...

Kerning is the art of adjusting (usually tightening) the space between individual letter pairs. This selective, manual spacing is done to eliminate awkward spaces and to make words easy to recognize.

A typography debate surrounding the Pope's tomb was not on my design news bingo card for 2025. But as we know all too well, kerning and legibility couldn't be more important when it comes to text ...

Kerning is admittedly a somewhat nerdy pursuit in a field that's already pretty nerdy to begin with, but if you've developed an obsession with good looking typography, you know that there's more ...