Tag: kerning

The kerning & the fence

Post author By Elena Veguillas
Post date December 3, 2012
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The kerning & the fence it is not a pub, but the typographic problem that the architects Emberton, Franck & Tardre forget to check when the designed the Brunswick Close Estate, in Tompion Street, Islington, London, back in 1956–58. Every time I walk to the grocery store I can see the building front name and […]

Tags 1956, 1958, Brunswick Close Estate, Emberton, fence, Franck & Tardre, kerning, london, typography

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The kerning paradigm

Post author By Elena Veguillas
Post date October 18, 2012
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Every time I receive a letter from my council all I can see is the kerning paradigm, an example of what kerning should always be: balanced and appropriate space between letters, not mathematical, but adjust by practice, that makes the eye to believe that space is the same.

Tags Islington, kerning