Kerning pg 102

Kerning is the adjustment of space between two letter. My question has to do with optical kerning and metric kerning and how is it generally used?

So metric kerning is the built in spacing between letters in a typeface while optical kerning spaces letters according to shape and form. So metric kerning is best used for large bodies of text. Headlines and mixed typefaces can usually look better with optical kerning.

example:

Kerning is all about the visual aesthetic. Indesign usually makes the choice for you how the kerning looks best in optical. Metric is just a standard and manual kerning is done by you. Optical kerning can also be a good fit for novelty fonts because they don’t really have kerning pairs which are pairs of letters that are usually pushed and fit together like “VA” and “TO”.

Kerning: Metric Vs. Optical

http://www.creativepro.com/blog/typetalk-metrics-versus-optical-kerning

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This design is showing the quote in a special way using size and scales and even its direction. “Art is breaking the rules” is the quote. You can tell by the scale of the r,u,l,e, and s and the brokenness of the letters that its puts this quote on a deeper level. It isn’t just oh that’s a nice quote but more like this makes sense. It’s almost there’s power in transforming a set of text saying something into it actually showing it. Not really sure who designed this it doesn’t say. I got this off someone’s blog. They were explaining a random system. Though the reason it works is because it has a method of chaos. Like in Hamlet, there was a method to his madness. Likewise, in this design the chaos in the word “rules” is working for the design instead of against it.

I took one from her Living Cook Book and the other from her website. They both have the same thing going on. Her style is very defined. You can tell this is “Martha Stewart” from a mile away. Light very defined colors are used. Her styles are simple and elegant. She uses sans-serif typeface to push the idea of simplicity. She’s doing a lot by not doing much. The images are pretty large and her text is pretty small. There’s always a bunch of space even though she can have larger type! It works for her.

1. One good example of mixing typefaces

2. One good example of tracking

3. One okay example of line spacing

4.One great example of marking paragraphs

Romain Du Roi

Well the typeface was made in 1692 by King Louis XIV to be used as a Royal Typeface. I think this image pretty much sums what I just said.
It is used by Impremiere Royale and was first used in 1702. It was created by Philippe Grandjean. I think for the most part the typeface was supposed to be different than non-royal beings. It was used during the Age of Enlightenment and for the most part the designer had creative liberty to create what he wanted. The letters really reflect the time and elegance of his reign.

At first when I saw we were going to watch a video about books and that these two girls did a documentary, I got excited. Then….I watched it. I love books. I actually wish I could afford to buy more hardcover books, but I don’t which is why I have a Nook. Personally, I didn’t like the documentary. I thought it was all about the bookstore owners less about the books. Yes we need bookstores to have books. Yes I love smelling books too, but it just didn’t cut it for me. There’s so much more to having a book in your hand besides the bookstore. I love the classic feel of books in my hands. There are things on a hardcover you just can’t get in an ebook. I wondered why they didn’t go to Barnes & Noble. Maybe it isn’t an artsy small bookstore, but I like the room and the sitting on the floor. I wanted to like it. I just feel like they’re missing a lot by placing ereaders on the negative. I have one and I have a whole shelf of hardcover books. Maybe the older generation hates it, but I can’t afford to buy 5 books a week if that’s how fast I read. Regular people dont buy ereaders. Booklovers do because they want to read more. I think that’s the one thing everyone forgets.