For the font nerds in the crowd: Kern Type (method.ac)https://type.method.ac/ (I scored 80/100. I’m told no-one ever quite agrees with the actual font kerning…) -Adam
I went there, not because it's a game, but because I'm a font nerd.
Um, isn't it awfully buggy? I quit after 3 words. Take the word "Type". If I moved the "y" and "p" to the left, to get the "y" under the "T", I then couldn't close the resultant large gap between "p" and "e". And if I tried right movements, the same problem occurred in left-right reverse.
Hartmut
On Mon 31 Jul 2023 at 19:51:49 -05:00, Adam Thompson athompso@athompso.net wrote:
For the font nerds in the crowd: Kern Type (method.ac) https://type.method.ac/ (I scored 80/100. I’m told no-one ever quite agrees with the actual font kerning…) -Adam _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.ca https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable
Dunno – I didn’t experience any of that. Could be browser-dependent??? -Adam
From: Roundtable roundtable-bounces@muug.ca On Behalf Of Hartmut W Sager Sent: Monday, July 31, 2023 8:38 PM To: MUUG - Round Table roundtable@muug.ca Subject: Re: [RndTbl] Kerning game
I went there, not because it's a game, but because I'm a font nerd.
Um, isn't it awfully buggy? I quit after 3 words. Take the word "Type". If I moved the "y" and "p" to the left, to get the "y" under the "T", I then couldn't close the resultant large gap between "p" and "e". And if I tried right movements, the same problem occurred in left-right reverse.
Hartmut
On Mon 31 Jul 2023 at 19:51:49 -05:00, Adam Thompson <athompso@athompso.netmailto:athompso@athompso.net> wrote:
For the font nerds in the crowd: Kern Type (method.ac)https://type.method.ac/
(I scored 80/100. I’m told no-one ever quite agrees with the actual font kerning…)
-Adam _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.camailto:Roundtable@muug.ca https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable
Maybe. My main browser is Firefox (where I did this). I'm not pursuing it any further, since I don't play games on computers or on the Internet. But thanks for the thought.
Hartmut
On Mon 31 Jul 2023 at 20:39:31 -05:00, Adam Thompson athompso@athompso.net wrote:
Dunno – I didn’t experience any of that. Could be browser-dependent??? -Adam
*From:* Roundtable roundtable-bounces@muug.ca *On Behalf Of *Hartmut W Sager *Sent:* Monday, July 31, 2023 8:38 PM *To:* MUUG - Round Table roundtable@muug.ca *Subject:* Re: [RndTbl] Kerning game
I went there, not because it's a game, but because I'm a font nerd.
Um, isn't it awfully buggy? I quit after 3 words. Take the word "Type". If I moved the "y" and "p" to the left, to get the "y" under the "T", I then couldn't close the resultant large gap between "p" and "e". And if I tried right movements, the same problem occurred in left-right reverse.
Hartmut
On Mon 31 Jul 2023 at 19:51:49 -05:00, Adam Thompson athompso@athompso.net wrote:
For the font nerds in the crowd: Kern Type (method.ac) https://type.method.ac/
(I scored 80/100. I’m told no-one ever quite agrees with the actual font kerning…)
-Adam
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On 2023-08-01 Adam Thompson wrote:
For the font nerds in the crowd: Kern Type (method.ac)https://type.method.ac/ (I scored 80/100. I’m told no-one ever quite agrees with the actual font kerning…) -Adam
100/100 first try "wave"
I'm very sensitive to fonts :-)
(P.S. firefox)
86/100 for me.
I got several 100% correct and then others were way off.
Obviously, the ones *they* think I got wrong will be the fonts I will refuse to use in the future.
;P
//On 2023-07-31 7:51 p.m., Adam Thompson wrote:
For the font nerds in the crowd: Kern Type (method.ac) https://type.method.ac/
(I scored 80/100. I’m told no-one ever quite agrees with the actual font kerning…)
-Adam
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Similar experience with 83/100 overall.
I got lots of 100's, and some rather lower. I think some are maybe subjective, but it's good to have consistent metrics and heuristics, and a way to automate the process with reasonably pleasing results in general (obviously).
That was fun... now back to work!
Gilbert
On 2023-08-01 8:36 a.m., Bradford Vokey wrote:
86/100 for me.
I got several 100% correct and then others were way off.
Obviously, the ones *they* think I got wrong will be the fonts I will refuse to use in the future.
;P
//On 2023-07-31 7:51 p.m., Adam Thompson wrote:
For the font nerds in the crowd: Kern Type (method.ac) https://type.method.ac/
(I scored 80/100. I’m told no-one ever quite agrees with the actual font kerning…)
-Adam
OK, after my initial claim of a buggy Web page, and after seeing the success of the rest of you, I tried it again. I got quite a few 100's, and my final score was 89/100 (thus confirming that I am indeed a font nerd).
My original effort was a misunderstanding of the movements allowed. I didn't realize that the left and right ends are anchored, and that everything in between can be slid back and forth. It's quite neat!
Hartmut
On Tue 01 Aug 2023 at 14:18:07 -05:00, Gilbert Detillieux Gilbert.Detillieux@umanitoba.ca wrote:
Similar experience with 83/100 overall.
I got lots of 100's, and some rather lower. I think some are maybe subjective, but it's good to have consistent metrics and heuristics, and a way to automate the process with reasonably pleasing results in general (obviously).
That was fun... now back to work!
Gilbert
On 2023-08-01 8:36 a.m., Bradford Vokey wrote:
86/100 for me.
I got several 100% correct and then others were way off.
Obviously, the ones *they* think I got wrong will be the fonts I will refuse to use in the future.
;P
//On 2023-07-31 7:51 p.m., Adam Thompson wrote:
For the font nerds in the crowd: Kern Type (method.ac) https://type.method.ac/
(I scored 80/100. I’m told no-one ever quite agrees with the actual font kerning…)
-Adam
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