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[–]GeneralWarts 420 points421 points ago

Kerning matters.

[–]methinks2015 319 points320 points ago

Keming matters

.

.

Karma into this bucket please: \_/

[–]hoodie92 113 points114 points ago

Rule number 3 of Reddit:

When "kerning" is mentioned in a top-level comment, some or all of the replies must feature the word "keming".

[–]RogueNine 32 points33 points ago

This is correct.

Source: my top rated comment ever.

[–]RogueNine 14 points15 points ago

Thank you, have an upvote. I would have done it myself but didn't.

Source: my lazine

[–]strangelycutlemon 6 points7 points ago

Add "lazine" to dictionary

[–]Lalabadie 1 point2 points ago

Cornrnent?

[–]RogueNine 1 point2 points ago

[–]AdmiralSkippy 1 point2 points ago

I usually include the relevant xkcd

[–]PaulMcEwan 0 points1 point ago

When "kerning" is mentioned in a top-level comment, some or all of the replies might just be a little on the geeky side

[–]X-Craft 21 points22 points ago

Kerning rnatters

[–]UnnecessaryPhilology 11 points12 points ago

Kerning in your modern mumbo-jumbo doohickey speech may mean the reduction of space between letters, but in my day it meant seeding or granulation. That's Worlridge meant when he wrote in 1699, "The greater Trees, in their blossoming and kerning-time [read: seeding-time]."

Kern comes from Middle English kerne "hard grain," from the Old English *cyrnan, from Proto-Germanic *kurnjan formed out of the earlier Proto-Germanic *kurno- (which also gives us English corn). Kurno- comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *gre-no- "grain."

[–]Sauvignon_Arcenciel 2 points3 points ago

Huh. I could get behind this.

[–]qnnplmr 0 points1 point ago

So... Anal?

[–]ninereeds314 0 points1 point ago

Some clues to the origins of the modern mumbo-jumbo doohickey speech version can be found here.

It seems that the printing term kern may have evolved from "carne" (corner) in the 17th century. IOW the word was much more niche when printing wasn't something that might happen in an average home, but it has been around a lot longer than desktop publishing.

[–]nikniuq 2 points3 points ago

kern (n.)

1680s, "part of a metal type projecting beyond the body," as the head of an -f- or the tail of a -j-, from Fr. carne "projecting angle, quill of a pen," from L. cardinem "hinge."

[–]DeathToPennies 2 points3 points ago

I know it's not real, but I still get twitchy.

[–]Jrodkin 11 points12 points ago

I kept waiting for his head to explode.

[–]Kullersten 7 points8 points ago

My teeth started to hurt looking at that.

[–]thatsnotwhatyoumeant 3 points4 points ago

You, sir, are asking for a fuckering.

[–]skyman724 2 points3 points ago

That's why you don't make popcorn in space, Kirk.

[–]Weezy1 4 points5 points ago

Tight kerning makes a design look dean and modem

[–]cmmoyer 0 points1 point ago

Only if there aren't any serifs.

[–]stevethepirate227 6 points7 points ago

[–]JohnnyValet 11 points12 points ago

[–]Philipp 3 points4 points ago

Randall Munroe's own kerning is actually way too tight. He's still a cool guy, of course, so let's just call that his style... artists are allowed to do that.

[–]AlwaysDefenestrated 5 points6 points ago

It's also a bit different because it's his handwriting, not typography. But now that you pointed it out I will never not notice how all of his letters are touching. Thanks, jerk.

[–]nikniuq 0 points1 point ago

I have never been as self-conscious about my handwriting as when I was inking in the caption for this comic.

[–]pencildiet 2 points3 points ago

So right... I almost mis-read it as 'flickering'.

[–]badreamr 0 points1 point ago

How do I know what kerning is? Because this image has been reposted more times that I can count with a similar title and the top comment is always someone correcting them and mentioning kerning.

[–]steveintro 0 points1 point ago

came here to say this

[–]DirtySnakes 2 points3 points ago

Relevant XKCD

[–]olivermihoff 3 points4 points ago

But if you hang them in your dorm room, Kerning doesn't matter, because it's lighting for FUCKERING. ಠ_ಠ

[–]Polymarchos 0 points1 point ago

Tracking.

[–]lolipopp 0 points1 point ago

No, tracking is the spacing between all letters.

[–]Lizardbreath 0 points1 point ago

You're correct but I think in this case it needs better tracking because all of the characters are too close together. If the problem was just a few characters needing adjusting then it would be a kerning issue.

[–]ersatztruth 1 point2 points ago

Flicking kerning, how does it work?

[–]throwbacklyrics 1 point2 points ago

Seriously. I always thought my friend just really liked to study fonts when she said she loved arial...

[–]MrBody42 1 point2 points ago

Go Google the word kerning. Today I found out that it's an Easter egg like askew and "do a barrel roll"

[–]ryanehamil 1 point2 points ago

TIL, Searching Google for "kerning" will make all results have the letters of the word kerning spaced unnaturally farther apart in each result.

[–]johncorcoran 1 point2 points ago

Graphic Designer here, I approve this.

[–]yagmot 1 point2 points ago

love that keming

[–]AnnoyingKerning 1 point2 points ago

Awwww, your sweet

[–]Allisonaxe 1 point2 points ago

thank you! there's nothing inherently wrong with the font in question!

[–]4rsha95 107 points108 points ago

[–]nssmuckers 86 points87 points ago

Also relevant.

So glad I have this DVD.

[–]XbanditX 18 points19 points ago

What am I looking at here?

EDIT: ALRIGHT, alright i got it. thank you...

[–]grunknisse 15 points16 points ago

Hint: Main actors name

[–]nimahu 5 points6 points ago

Cunt Eastwood

[–]BitsAndBytes 0 points1 point ago

[–]christian95c 2 points3 points ago

----->CUNT<---- Eastwood

[–]wallenstein3d 9 points10 points ago

[–]McBurger 0 points1 point ago

In the Une of Are!

Haha!

[–]Brett_Favre_4 22 points23 points ago

This is better than the original pic.

[–]CLint_FLicker 13 points14 points ago

I feel like i should comment here....

[–]davidjayhawk 6 points7 points ago

[–]spundnix32 0 points1 point ago

You have to wonder if the sign installers were laughing their asses off as they put this up. And also, did the designer not give the client a proposed design to approve?

[–]Oafah 47 points48 points ago

I don't rnean to be a click, but I believe your lights are fuckered.

[–]Zook 6 points7 points ago

They're not the brightest of the bunch.

[–]Chronolitus 3 points4 points ago

the blinch what?

[–]broken86 1 point2 points ago

Watts wrong with them?

[–]68024 0 points1 point ago

You mean your ughts.

[–]heyitsunshine 6 points7 points ago

repost.

[–]Haitch909 4 points5 points ago

Repost

[–]Anaract 8 points9 points ago

reposting matters

[–]macarassacre 4 points5 points ago

[–]useafuckingcoaster 8 points9 points ago

Kern, KERN!

[–]Harold_Grundelson 9 points10 points ago

To the Fuckening!

[–]Mr_Dependable 2 points3 points ago

I've tested it. And, if your vagina is anything like my hand, there will be no problem.

[–]XxXNightstalkerX 0 points1 point ago

The Fuckening.

Prequel to The Happening.

[–]BoneyD 0 points1 point ago

Are those fishfingers?

[–]Kilroy420 -2 points-1 points ago

*Fuckering

[–]yukisho 47 points48 points ago

So the first time you posted this 12 hours ago didn't go so well so you thought to try again later?

http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/11m4r4/fonts_matter/

Karmadecay still saves your username even after you delete yourself from the post. http://karmadecay.com/www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/11mvzt/fonts_matter/

Edit - To add to this, this was posted a few months back. The back story was the guy who posted it said that their district office called them and said to remove them from the shelves because of the font issue.

[–]webby_mc_webberson 31 points32 points ago

Wow, I'd say you're a blast at parties. http://i.imgur.com/9pZbk.jpg

[–]Cockaroach 17 points18 points ago

Wow, vintage clip art!

[–]yukisho -1 points0 points ago

Just trying to do my part in a more professional manner that doesn't make me seem like a dick.

[–]norealpurposehere2 1 point2 points ago

Who cares?

[–]I_MOTORBOAT_BARBIES -4 points-3 points ago

So what? He wanted people to see it.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

He doesn't "want people to see it"

He wants points.

No one cares if he obtains the points.

But people do care when the front page is all stuff that's been here before. There's a handy "top" option that lets people see all of the popular things that have been here before.

Unfortunately people only use that tab to steal content and repost

[–]ddrt -1 points0 points ago

I want you to eat bananas for every meal for five weeks straight. Then you'll say "I want to eat something else" and I'll say "so what? I wanted you to eat bananas".

[–]carlosryan 1 point2 points ago

Let the fuckening begin!

[–]kirroyale 4 points5 points ago

its actually a typeface bro

[–]AhhhClem 0 points1 point ago

Lost cause #486.

[–]Stalast 3 points4 points ago

Kerning matters.

Just had to point that out again.

[–]tomjenks1 0 points1 point ago

one of my best friends last name is Flicker. First time i met her was during a presentation she was giving. All i could think was, "No way her last name is Fucker..."

[–]jinsei-shiki 2 points3 points ago

Originality matters. Repost.

[–]frashier 1 point2 points ago

I don't know what's worse... the font or the price. $10 for only 10 lights?! I know they're fuckering and all, but still...

[–]FactsRProof 3 points4 points ago

[–]metalgillsolid 5 points6 points ago

Fuckering Ughts

[–]SaggyBallsHD 4 points5 points ago

These lights were recalled. Apparently when they got too hot they exploded all over the place and then rolled over and went to sleep.

[–]thirdfounder 1 point2 points ago

i was going to type "proofread" in an made-in-China, Asian-stereotype accent -- but then realized it comes out exactly the same.

[–]tbscotty68 0 points1 point ago

Wouldn't that be plooflead?

[–]EzzardFenix 1 point2 points ago

I don't get it, they are the good old fuckering lights, the font is not that pretty but is good enough.

[–]AlwaysDefenestrated 0 points1 point ago

That shirt would be better with more bad kerning than just the "keming" joke.

[–]tpdominator -1 points0 points ago

Why would you want a flickerling light anyway? They make my head hurt, I'd way rather have a fuckering light.

[–]rdm9313 0 points1 point ago

I have this problem with my lights, they just keep fuckering when i flip the switch

[–]Brett42 5 points6 points ago

Stop turning them on.

[–]Sleep_Debt 0 points1 point ago

oh bubbles..

[–]tedtutors 0 points1 point ago

'Fuckering' is now my default adjective.

[–]INDIE_GAMER 0 points1 point ago

[–]tattoo_remover 1 point2 points ago

10 FUCKERING LIGHTS FUCKERING

[–]Chenzo04 0 points1 point ago

I am more distracted by the $10.00 price tag for 10 lights!

[–]Varanae 0 points1 point ago

I didn't get it until I came to the comments. Not sure what that says about me..

[–]TEHMAXXORZ 0 points1 point ago

I see, they're meant to say fuckering, but in fact say flickering... That is a problem

[–]giveitago 0 points1 point ago

da fuck wit da keming.

[–]Zakk_Sabbath 0 points1 point ago

I have a shirt from a Metallica concert I went to over the summer that suffers from the same font/word issue. There's a picture of a man in an electric chair on the front, with a caption that appears to read "I Fucked The Switch in Atlantic City"

[–]IDidntChooseUsername 0 points1 point ago

Kerning. The text should look right regardless of the font and text.

[–]Zakk_Sabbath 0 points1 point ago

Ah you're right. I remember that from my high school journalism class now. Thanks

[–]AnnoyingKerning 0 points1 point ago

Except in comic sans. It never looks right

[–]Mad_Hatter_Bot -1 points0 points ago

r/design

[–]henktheficus 0 points1 point ago

[–]Day_One 0 points1 point ago

My test PC at work is using a monitor with the post-it warning
"POSSIBLE FLlCKERlNG"
Months later, I still do a double-take when I look in that direction.

[–]igofman 1 point2 points ago

Damn all of you other designers ahead of me I was gonna say that ...kern you! Kern you to heck!

[–]Xysten 0 points1 point ago

Yeah and I bet who ever choose this one did it on purpose.

[–]princess_pechos 0 points1 point ago

I can see this is from Big Lots... I work at one and corporate made us take them off the shelves until they reprinted new stickers for them. I was so disappointed.

[–]gengyun 1 point2 points ago

Kerning matters

[–]iLikeTurtles224 0 points1 point ago

I only like my lights fuckering anyways

[–]BlowUpTheSnails 1 point2 points ago

Sometimes I see an obvious repost like this and I think, 'Hey, I enjoyed that a lot the first time. I hope it wasn't a repost then too..'

[–]BZLuck 0 points1 point ago

They must be self tangling.

[–]HARVESTING_DOWNVOTES 0 points1 point ago

GIMME SOME OF THEM FUCKERING LIGHTS BITCH.

[–]More_Underscores____ -1 points0 points ago

Font Matters.

[–]SmittyAR 0 points1 point ago

Where did you find these? I've been trying to find this type of light forever

[–]NationalNolte 0 points1 point ago

9 Lords-a-Leaping??

[–]blacklab 0 points1 point ago

Let the fuckening begin!

[–]this_sort_of_thing 1 point2 points ago

It took me longer than it should have to realise it's supposed to say Flickering...

[–]Talarot 1 point2 points ago

i dont know what fuckering is but i want to try it right away!!

[–]dialpopcornfortime 0 points1 point ago

I swear I've seen this before on Reddit, but can't call repost, because I'm not 100% sure.

[–]hitch44 0 points1 point ago

I actually clicked the photo first, wondered for a good five seconds what a "fuckering" light is and why they'd be ten of them and then saw the title. Kerning, ladies and gentlemen.

[–]dgorrie 0 points1 point ago

Leading Matters

[–]greenthumble 0 points1 point ago

Yay xmas time. The fuckering has begun.

[–]yParticle 0 points1 point ago

Working title of Emily Brontë's novel. If only she'd stuck with that, more high schoolers would actually read it today.

[–]slaughtrr 0 points1 point ago

You're right- wouldn't want people mistakenly buying fuckering lights when they want the flickering variety!

[–]Wizzer10 1 point2 points ago

"Fuckering" NEEDS to be in the dictionary.

[–]Ragesim 0 points1 point ago

Isnt this a repost from 2 days ago?

[–]asian_ethics 1 point2 points ago

It's a typeface dammit not a font

[–]AhhhClem 0 points1 point ago

Yea, changing the font would just change the size.

[–]SamWise050 -1 points0 points ago

What makes me sad is that I had once posted this...

[–]ogamii 0 points1 point ago

The is the second time this has been posted and I've had to stare at it for a while to see the joke.

[–]questionnumberone 0 points1 point ago

thought that said "fingerlicking"

[–]Aldesso 0 points1 point ago

somehow i forst read it right and only after taking a closer look did i saw the misleading font

[–]geezimonly26 0 points1 point ago

i'll take everything

[–]City_Seventeen 0 points1 point ago

Maybe they did it on purpous so they got your attention and bought them!

[–]ghren20 1 point2 points ago

More importantly kerning matters

[–]Izboy 1 point2 points ago

Down vote for repost.

[–]BeatsbyChrisBrown 0 points1 point ago

The lights are beautiful, but why does my ass hurt all of a sudden?

[–]sousoucie 0 points1 point ago

I once worked as an artist for the nationally televised Thanksgiving parade in Detroit. They had a dragon character named "Flicker". No one thought about the importance of the letter spacing when painting his name all over a float, so to the spectators, it definitely looked like it said "FUCKER" everywhere. He was kind of a fucker though.

[–]Fuckeddit 0 points1 point ago

I hate putting up my fuckering lights, Every fuckering year.

[–]Hybrid_Johnny 0 points1 point ago

I posted this a month ago and no one gave me karma. :(

[–]capnoblivious 0 points1 point ago

"Mommy, what's a fuckering light?"

"...

"......

"Ask your father."

[–]dailyfusion 0 points1 point ago

reposts don't

[–]bobbleheader 0 points1 point ago

would've bought them straightaway were it Valentine's Day.

[–]Jester_Dan 1 point2 points ago

Fuckering Fuckatash!

[–]obliverene 0 points1 point ago

So does context.

[–]liam3 0 points1 point ago

[–]elfpron 0 points1 point ago

Someone pointed out to me that the "L" and "I" in NETFLIX looks like NETFUX

NETFUX forever

[–]Glennsguitar 0 points1 point ago

I heard there was a rule in comics for a while that they couldn't use the word flick for this very reason Source: Qi.

[–]doublechucklehaha 0 points1 point ago

"Them little lights aren't twinkling Clark."

"Thank you Edward, I know."

Clark must have bought them "fucking" lights all along

[–]InsertMeaningfulName 0 points1 point ago

I wish these flickering reposts would stop...

[–]iheartbakon 0 points1 point ago

[–]AcesCharles2 0 points1 point ago

[–]penisweed 0 points1 point ago

repose fuck. stop reposting ffs

[–]RSR9000 0 points1 point ago

Typefaces matter

FTFY

[–]jdrvero 0 points1 point ago

But flickering lights would be good too.

[–]150crawfish 0 points1 point ago

the one thing i didnt see, why were you in a Big Lots? i work at one, and still don't understand why people shop there.

also, this picture only helps my case

[–]the_zorn_ultimatum 0 points1 point ago

I don't think that's the font, so much as it is the kerning. Just FYI.

[–]josephanthony 0 points1 point ago

I was going to click on the upvote button, but the best I can do is a cuck.

[–]Boney_boner 0 points1 point ago

I once met a guy name at a very important meeting for work. The name sewed into his shirt was CLINT. Thank goodness I stopped sounding out the word halfway through

[–]Gortonis 0 points1 point ago

Damnit! Now I got 12 Days of Christmas stuck in my head and its only October!

[–]themichelinman 0 points1 point ago

50 by the time you get home.

[–]roger_podakter 0 points1 point ago

[–]kwmcmillan 0 points1 point ago

Oh FLICKERING!

[–]Dectu 0 points1 point ago

I would buy these just to tell people to go grab the fuckering lights.

[–]DarthChuckles 0 points1 point ago

Kerning matters!

[–]Wildfire9 0 points1 point ago

As a designer, this is hilarious.

[–]whorfin 0 points1 point ago

CLINT FLICKER

[–]PaulMcEwan 0 points1 point ago

Outsourcing the Graphic Design Matters

[–]lilymuffin12 0 points1 point ago

They knew what they were doing

[–]pomo 0 points1 point ago

You know, I bet they sold every box they made. Fonts/kerning matter!

[–]theonefree-man 0 points1 point ago

Stolen shamelessly from r/crappydesign

[–]Diabolical_Intention 0 points1 point ago

For example, there's a thing at Taco Bell showing the different hot sauces you can get. They all say "Pick me!" but because of the font, it looks a lot like "Fuck me!" from a distance :/

[–]USCgamecocks -2 points-1 points ago

10 Fuckering Lights

[–]7FoldSamurai 0 points1 point ago

reposting karma whore

[–]herpalladerp -1 points0 points ago

R.E.P.O.S.T