Thinking with Type_ A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students - PDF Room

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kerning headlines The subtle differences

between metric and optical kerning become more

apparent at larger sizes. Most problems occur

between capital and lowercase letters. The spacing

between H/a, T/a, and T/o improves with optical

kerning. The optical kerning applied here in

InDesign has created tighter spacing for large text

and looser spacing for small text. Look at both

effects before choosing a kerning method.

quadraat sans, with optical kerning

nerd alert: In addition to using optical kerning, the text

above has word spacing reduced to 80 percent. With large type,

normal word spacing often looks too wide. Adjust word spacing

in the Paragraph>Justification menu in InDesign.

Books And Harlots

Can Be Taken To Bed.

Books And Harlots Have Their Quarrels In Public.

quadraat sans, with metric kerning

Books and harlots—

footnotes in one are

as banknotes in the

stockings of the other.

—walter benjamin, 1925

Books And Harlots Have Their Quarrels In Public.

Books And Harlots

Can Be Taken To Bed.

Books and harlots—

footnotes in one are

as banknotes in the

stockings of the other.

—walter benjamin, 1925

adjusting the space between two letters

metric versus optical kerning

Ha metric kerning

Ha optical kerning