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.

Charlotte Demonque is the community manager at Fontyou, a Paris-based online co-creation platform dedicated to typography. This post originally appeared on the Fontyou blog, and has been adapted with ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Cavan Images via Getty Images Typography is the art of arranging letters or type in a way ...

Google UK’s Peter Far found an Easter Egg designed specifically for hardcore typography fans. If you search for [kerning] in one tab, and [typography kerning] in another, you’ll notice a little extra ...

Words are an unavoidable part of our life. As basic units of communication, they exist in everyday existence in all sorts of forms: spoken, written, and even thought! From the newspaper you read with ...

Charlotte Demonque is the community manager at Fontyou, a Paris-based online co-creation platform dedicated to typography. This post originally appeared on the Fontyou blog, and has been adapted with ...