From the course: Learning Type Design
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Adjust the problem pairs
- [Instructor] Your fit is finally perfect. It's rational, even, and complete. Now it's time to address those irrational combinations. First, round up the usual suspects. Here are some of the pairs handed down to us from the days of metal and photo typesetting. If you want to keep your kerning to a minimum, and you should, address these pairs and call it a day. But if you must persist, and I'm guessing you will, keep these as your guiding principles. Kern completely or not at all. Once you begin kerning beyond the historic pairs, don't leave the job half-done. If you decide you must kern the lowercased pairs like V and period, then you must address F and period, R and period, W and period, and so on. Be consistent. If you can't kern in one sitting, you're kerning too much. Of course, your first kerning job will take more time than every one after, but kerning should not be a multi-day affair. Don't kern pairs in isolation. The AV combination rarely, if ever, exists in isolation. It…
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