![]() ![]() ![]() Claude Garamond (designer of the original Garamond typeface) spent his entire life crafting and perfecting his type. I'm not going to go changing stuff just because I can. I'm also one to respect an artist's original intentions. I have to admit, I'm a bit of type purist and all-around type nerd. I did, however, find a good commercial version of Thalia for $19.95.Įgregious Type Transgression #3: Artistic License? what the hell is going on between the "a" and "l"? (And, no, I did not make it look like that all I did was type the word in Photoshop.) Most places charge $39.95 for a good version of Thalia. Now look at the bad example on the bottom. notice how the letters are spaced to have an appearance of even spacing (even though if you mechanically measured them left-to-right from letter-bottom-to-letter-bottom they would vary slightly). In the Thalia example above, not only is the bad/freebie version guilty of Egregious Type Transgression #1, it's also a victim of bad kerning pairs. ![]() Two lower case l's on the other hand, would not have the same issues. For example, the left-hand side of a lower case a" indents a bit, it would hold "a slight bit more water," and the space should be adjusted accordingly. A good way to judge whether a word is kerned well or not (that is, the individual letter pair spacings look good or not) is to look at the spaces between letters and imagine pouring water into the space. Kerning, on the other hand, is the spacing between two individual letters. Tracking/letterspacing is the overall spacing between letters for an entire word or line of copy. A great commercial version of this typeface is available for only $19.95.Įgregious Type Transgression #2: Bad Kerning Pairsįirst, I want to make sure you understand the difference between tracking (a.k.a. But that's what you're getting if you download the freebie of this one. The commercial version is clean, has smooth curves, and (most importantly) has evenly spaced stroking!!! (Compare the white "inline" spaces around the outer edges.) I have no doubt that type offender of this free version below was not intending to create a "grunge" version of this typeface. Most often, this happens because some jackass with a scanner and a freeware font editor thinks he knows what he's doing. Really, there are just two main issues, but I'm lumping in a third (mostly because it irks me as a type purist).Įgregious Type Transgression #1: Bad Form/Shape Tim Shorts made a request in regards to yesterday's typography post, asking what differences to look for between poor and professional quality fonts. ![]()
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