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Re: Show HN: KernType, a typography game made with Raphaël

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Post by bprater » Sat, Oct 08, 2011, 12:31 AM UTC

Uses same shortcuts as Photoshop -- so if you are a hard-core kerner in Photoshop, try out the same keys. Pretty slick!

Re: Show HN: KernType, a typography game made with Raphaël

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Post by JoshTriplett » Sat, Oct 08, 2011, 12:33 AM UTC

I tried this a couple of times, but the first and last letters seem so far apart that this becomes less about "make it look good" and more about "make it look less terrible". I can make the letters look great together with the first letter, which results in nearly a full letter's worth of space between the penultimate letter and the last. Perhaps this just represents an artifact of drawing the font extra-huge, but these fonts all feel like they need condensing to look decent.

Re: Show HN: KernType, a typography game made with Raphaël

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Post by alextebbs » Sat, Oct 08, 2011, 1:14 AM UTC

JoshTriplett wrote: post #22

I tried this a couple of times, but the first and last letters seem so far apart that this becomes less about "make it look good" and more about "make it look less terrible". I can make the letters look great together with the first letter, which results in nearly a full letter's worth of space between the penultimate letter and the last. Perhaps this just represents an artifact of drawing the font extra-huge, but th…

I felt like this as well. I think it needs variable font sizes and the ability to move the first or last letter and then this would be great fun.

Re: Show HN: KernType, a typography game made with Raphaël

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Post by nprincigalli » Sat, Oct 08, 2011, 1:17 AM UTC

cpeterso wrote: post #14

imjoel wrote: post #9

Thanks for the ego stroke... 91/100! I'd much rather play this than solitaire. :) edit: typo

I got 100/100 four times, but I had to squint a lot. :)

o/ another squinter here, got 92/100 in the first try :)

Re: Show HN: KernType, a typography game made with Raphaël

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Post by rcthompson » Sat, Oct 08, 2011, 1:27 AM UTC

Watch out! It's a nerd-snipe for typographers.

Re: Show HN: KernType, a typography game made with Raphaël

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Post by wolfparade » Sat, Oct 08, 2011, 1:33 AM UTC

I'm not a designer so i don't really understand the importance of kerning, but I do run http://use.fontorie.com. So I'm interested in making it easier for developers to do design. I'd like to incorporate kerning if you'd help.

Re: Show HN: KernType, a typography game made with Raphaël

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Post by tlrobinson » Sat, Oct 08, 2011, 1:52 AM UTC

Palomides wrote: post #10

nicking an idea from a friend on IRC: you should set this up as a service for like $5 to crowdsource kerning for logos

I like it. Very much like Luis von Ahn's "human computation" projects (reCAPTCHA, etc)

Re: Show HN: KernType, a typography game made with Raphaël

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Post by stephth » Sat, Oct 08, 2011, 1:52 AM UTC

Nice! Beautiful well thought design, nicely balanced game, and such an intuitive way to understand kerning: let your visual intuition guide you.

One suggestion: a way to move multiple letters at the same time.

Re: Show HN: KernType, a typography game made with Raphaël

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Post by tlrobinson » Sat, Oct 08, 2011, 1:53 AM UTC

93/100, which is surprising considering I was never very good at keming.

Re: Show HN: KernType, a typography game made with Raphaël

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Post by patrickaljord » Sat, Oct 08, 2011, 2:04 AM UTC

alextebbs wrote: post #23

JoshTriplett wrote: post #22

I tried this a couple of times, but the first and last letters seem so far apart that this becomes less about "make it look good" and more about "make it look less terrible". I can make the letters look great together with the first letter, which results in nearly a full letter's worth of space between the penultimate letter and the last. Perhaps this just represents an artifact of drawing the font extra-huge, but th…

I felt like this as well. I think it needs variable font sizes and the ability to move the first or last letter and then this would be great fun.

It's svg so you can just zoom in and out.