Keming
In 2008, photographer David Friedman coined the term "keming" on his blog, defining it as improper use of kerning. Keming is a visual reference to bad kerning which causes the letter pair "rn" to appear as "m".
Comic via XKCD Forum
Showing posts with label typography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label typography. Show all posts
Friday, January 18, 2013
Typography Terms
I was trying to figure out how to adjust the kerning in an an MS Word document when I came across this wonderfully appropriate newer term that is related to kerning.
Keming
In 2008, photographer David Friedman coined the term "keming" on his blog, defining it as improper use of kerning. Keming is a visual reference to bad kerning which causes the letter pair "rn" to appear as "m".
Definition via Wikipedia
Comic via XKCD Forum
Keming
In 2008, photographer David Friedman coined the term "keming" on his blog, defining it as improper use of kerning. Keming is a visual reference to bad kerning which causes the letter pair "rn" to appear as "m".
Comic via XKCD Forum
Friday, September 14, 2012
Friday, September 23, 2011
The Language of Comics - Links
I have been meaning to share this entertaining post from Sentence first titled "comic book grammar"...so here is the link. It talks about typographical patterns as standardized forms that represent moods, sounds, punctuation and the like in comic strips.Included in the post are related links, including my favorites: Grawlixes Past and Present and Blambot Comic Fonts and Lettering.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Pun with Bob Marley and Eric Clapton
"I shot the sheriff" was written and recorded by Bob Marley and covered by Eric Clapton.
Typographically speaking, I love So Much Pun's version of the song.
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