<![CDATA[I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants.]]>I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants.

Sometimes you know something doesn't look right, and can't quite tell why, but they know, and they are ready to tell you.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/c1c3aa04-b0fb-4958-a3c0-cc8ee50da2f2/i-love-when-literary-people-go-on-kerning-and-font-rants.RSS for NodeSat, 04 Jul 2026 23:51:08 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2026 15:15:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:32:50 GMT]]>@marjolica @bruce @RickiTarr
πŸ₯²

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/116845679100743649https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/116845679100743649Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:32:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:32:16 GMT]]>@bruce @t_robinart @RickiTarr "That's why we have bold, italic, and underlines."

Except on vanilla Mastodon we don't.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/marjolica/statuses/116845676910111905https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/marjolica/statuses/116845676910111905Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:32:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:27:54 GMT]]>@RickiTarr I took a typography class while working on my graphic design degree many years ago. Don't recall much about it now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Burnt_Veggies/statuses/116845659719253464https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Burnt_Veggies/statuses/116845659719253464Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:27:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:17:32 GMT]]>@CAWguy

This person would miss deadlines without warning, and half-ass important stuff that needed detailed calculations, but get hung up on fonts and kerning.

Messing with him was petty, but felt necessary at the time. πŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Sir_Osis_of_Liver/statuses/116845618971713570https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Sir_Osis_of_Liver/statuses/116845618971713570Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:17:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:14:27 GMT]]>@Sir_Osis_of_Liver I feel like I could find your statement on Fesshole. πŸ˜‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/116267398334895264/statuses/116845606829424676https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/116267398334895264/statuses/116845606829424676Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:14:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:12:09 GMT]]>@pseudonym @bruce @RickiTarr
Hahaha, exactly!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/116845597768254006https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/116845597768254006Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:12:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:11:51 GMT]]>@bruce @RickiTarr
I use asterisks as well, I think. I would have to check though. πŸ˜…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/116845596589114124https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/116845596589114124Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:11:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:06:10 GMT]]>@t_robinart @bruce @RickiTarr

Oh you mean like the place that sells either:

"Good" food

Or

Good "food"

Nah, hard pass on both. Thanks

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/pseudonym/statuses/116845574263177993https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/pseudonym/statuses/116845574263177993Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:06:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:02:18 GMT]]>RE: https://journa.host/@tferrer/116840055510952274

@RickiTarr sometimes you look at a font and know something doesn't look right and you can't quite tell why, but others you just know a drunken monkey made it and that's the only possible explanation

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/j3j5/statuses/116845559084405963https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/j3j5/statuses/116845559084405963Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:02:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:00:57 GMT]]>@bruce @RickiTarr
I don't know, if I've ever seen it, but it's also weird because when talking, you do them with your fingers to add sarcasm. So adding them as emphasis would confuse me even more.
I'd have to think about how I emphasise things here on mastodon, because I can't do the underlines, italic and bold stuff in my web browser. πŸ˜”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/116845553766049259https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/116845553766049259Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:00:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:50:30 GMT]]>@MyWoolyMastadon @RickiTarr It’s a whole discipline.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/krypt3ia/statuses/116845512678474175https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/krypt3ia/statuses/116845512678474175Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:50:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:30:16 GMT]]>@t_robinart @RickiTarr

It's not typography, per se, but I get a bit annoyed when I see quotation marks being "misused".

People, they are not meant to add emphasis. That's why we have bold, italic, and underlines.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://darkmoon.social/users/bruce/statuses/116845433071260163https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://darkmoon.social/users/bruce/statuses/116845433071260163Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:30:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:28:36 GMT]]>@RickiTarr I wish I knew that design language. It’s very interesting.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/christopherbrown/statuses/116845426519091732https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/christopherbrown/statuses/116845426519091732Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:28:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:24:46 GMT]]>@RickiTarr
It is a lot of fun, but a curse at the same time. Because once you learned the rules of typography, you just can't unsee these things.
But I guess that goes for every profession.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/116845411490983799https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/116845411490983799Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:24:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:23:56 GMT]]>@RickiTarr

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.yeschenko.com/users/labria/statuses/116845408215798376https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.yeschenko.com/users/labria/statuses/116845408215798376Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:23:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:23:50 GMT]]>@t_robinart @RickiTarr

😊

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Sir_Osis_of_Liver/statuses/116845407810094876https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Sir_Osis_of_Liver/statuses/116845407810094876Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:23:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:23:04 GMT]]>@Sir_Osis_of_Liver @RickiTarr
I guess the double space after "adding" was posted on purpose then?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/116845404769287736https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/t_robinart/statuses/116845404769287736Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:23:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:21:50 GMT]]>@RickiTarr

I used to like adding in random spaces here and there just to annoy one particular co-worker.

He was also a stickler for double space after a period, which we always removed because it was no longer our standard.

Not sure if that's why he left the company, but I'd like to assume it contributed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Sir_Osis_of_Liver/statuses/116845399908445302https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Sir_Osis_of_Liver/statuses/116845399908445302Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:21:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:21:41 GMT]]>@RickiTarr

It's crazy that there's a science to the art of typography. Little differences make a huge impact on whether it feels right or not.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/MyWoolyMastadon/statuses/116845399351691290https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/MyWoolyMastadon/statuses/116845399351691290Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:21:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I love when literary people go on kerning and font rants. on Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:21:07 GMT]]>@RickiTarr

Hey! I resemble that remark.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/blaidd_drwg/statuses/116845397138322152https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/blaidd_drwg/statuses/116845397138322152Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:21:07 GMT