Typophile - Your Chess Club Sucks - Comments

Thanks for the suggestion

Hiroshige — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:46:23 -0700

Thanks for the suggestion Craig :)

The second “s“ in Chess

eliason — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:56:33 -0700

The second “s“ in Chess may look like it is wondering off a little.

That’s the first thing I noticed. “Su” might be a little close, too.

Brilliant, thanks Olddog!

Hiroshige — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:47:10 -0700

Brilliant, thanks Olddog!

The second “s“ in Chess

fontplayer — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:25:09 -0700

The second “s“ in Chess may look like it is wondering off a little.

Now that you mention it... On the verge of an optical illusion; good eye.

Looks good to me, but can I

Olddog — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:35:09 -0700

Looks good to me, but can I suggest abandoning the “kerning” idea and just judging letter spacing with the ideal of seeing it as even as possible. To that end you can use the old “Hand Letterer” trick of putting a piece of vellum over the type and penciling in the spaces between the letters. Relative weight can be better judged with a positive image, or so goes the old theory. Letterers did pen and ink headlines before Headliners or such. They worked for Ad Agencies etc. I fear a lot of their knowledge and tricks has been lost.

The second “s“ in Chess may look like it is wondering off a little.

Your Chess Club Sucks

Hiroshige — Sat, 8 Mar 2008 16:32:48 -0800

[img:Chess_t-shirT_4522.jpg] Before I go any further with this thing I was wondering if the kerning was alright? I think I'm kern challenged.