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66 Times Designers Blatantly Neglected Kerning, And What They Got Was Nothing But Ridiculous
In typography, kerning is the process of adjusting the space between two specific characters. Most of us never give it a second thought, but it’s wild how much that tiny detail can matter.
Put two letters a little too close together, or leave too much room between them, and suddenly a perfectly normal phrase can take on a completely different meaning. Sometimes, the result is hilariously unfortunate.
To show you what we mean, we’ve rounded up the funniest spacing fails from the subreddit r/keming. Scroll down to check them out.
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#1
Bamboo Chops Ticks
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#2
Tomado
#3
One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor
#4
Hyperpig
#5
Bat Hro On
#6
Thekings Arms
#8
Not Even Sure What To Title This
#10
Empowering The Next Gene Ration
Grace Sssssss 16 hours ago
It's not *un*true...the next generation is our next ration of genes... /s
#11
Petarea
#12
His Panic And La Tinx
#13
This Hotel In St. Louis Bothers Me Every Time I Drive Past It
#14
Wand Er Thr Ough The Worl Ds
#15
Leavec Hildren Unatt Ended No
#16
Because The B And A At The Start Of "Barista" Are Too Close, This Actually Says "Frista" In Braille
#17
Can You Really Blame This On Kerning?
#18
Forsy The Park
#19
This Waffle House Is Cosed
#20
They Did Her Wrong
Leslie Green 7 hours ago
Well clearly the spacing here is the problem the third line. Sign was made too small.
#21
It Gets Better The Longer I Look At It
#23
This Inspirational Sign In My Doctor's Office Drives Me Crazy Every Time I Get To Number 7
#24
Do Not Overin Flate
#25
The Font At Work. I’ve Been Dealing With This For Nearly 23yr
Nikole [8647] 14 hours ago
From Buffy/Angel? You've been around a lot longer than 23 years, girl...
#26
Um Not Sure If This Belongs Here
#27
How Do I Even Read This
#28
Say It In Cry Stals
Nikole [8647] 14 hours ago (edited)
So I can say anything in these cry stals AND they're sate? Thank heavens!
#30
Kay Akkids
Sea Squirrel 15 hours ago
It's even worse. There are two smaller k's in the logo, so ik says 'k k KAY AKKIDS'
#32
The Back Of A Staff's Uniform At A Restaurant Called "Keming"
#33
T He P Residential Walk Of Fame
#34
Wild ⽇derflower
#35
If You Say So!
#36
Can't Wait To Use This While Birdw Atching
#37
"M Ake Aw I Sh" From A Shrinky Dink Kit
#38
Found One In The Wild. The Place Is Called Now Here Coffee
#39
If The Mug Warmer Hots Urface, Ur Using It Wrong
#40
Who’s Tom Ercer?
SheamusFanFrom1987 10 hours ago (edited)
Maybe a tribute to Tommy Mercer (Anthony Mayweather/Crimson)...? Though if you walk this path, expect NO MERCY! XP
#41
This Sign At My Local Pharmacy Is An Abomination
#42
Finally, Inverse Keming
Inservio Smurf 5 hours ago
I don't know what Garning is, but I'll ask Jennifer when I next watch Alias.
#43
Egregious… But Inevitable Considering LEGO Strict Sticker Placement Rules, I Suppose
#44
A Waming To All
#46
Found In A Budget Shop In Romania
#47
Player Of Theyear
Ghostchaplain16 15 hours ago
For anyone not familiar, Smith-Njigba was the OFFENSIVE player of the Year.
#48
Found This One At Work
#49
Plattsburghintl.airport
#50
T He O Val O Ffice
#51
Apostrophes Are Wider Than Spaces In Breeze Airways' Font
#56
Someone Messed Up The Spacing A Bit
#59
W Elcome Centre
#60
Why Is Ontario Kerned Differently?
Elladine DesIsles 17 hours ago
Look, as long as it doesn't say Am Erica, I'm not complaining (despite my loathing for Premier Doug Ford, who is on the left in this photo but who is normally found on the Right).
#64
I Visited Headquarters Today. Who The Heck Swiped The G?
#65
Me Me Me Me
#66
What Type Of Meat Is Dhuck?
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David Paterson 3 hours ago (edited)
While you're at it have a look at the logo for Australia's Commonwealth Bank. Deliberately bad spacing.
Janissary35680 3 hours ago
"A stonemason has been fired from his job at the insistence of the regents of Tulane University. He had carved this epigraph in marble above the entrance of the new library: THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD. The Regents maintain that the stonemason deliberately reduced the space between the second and third words." (Thomas M. Disch, Camp Concentration, 1968)
Gavin Johnson 9 hours ago
I’ve spent a good few years putting tour posters together for rock bands. My eye twitches if I make errors like these. Kerning, font choice and colour are critical and please get a dispassionate eye to read it, you’ve stared at it for days or weeks, you won’t spot a speeling mistook. Biggest request… stop using A.I.slop, a simple, human-made poster is a thousand times better and I might attend your event, if you use generic A.I. posters then I can 100% guarantee that you won’t see me.
David Paterson 3 hours ago (edited)
While you're at it have a look at the logo for Australia's Commonwealth Bank. Deliberately bad spacing.
Janissary35680 3 hours ago
"A stonemason has been fired from his job at the insistence of the regents of Tulane University. He had carved this epigraph in marble above the entrance of the new library: THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD. The Regents maintain that the stonemason deliberately reduced the space between the second and third words." (Thomas M. Disch, Camp Concentration, 1968)
Gavin Johnson 9 hours ago
I’ve spent a good few years putting tour posters together for rock bands. My eye twitches if I make errors like these. Kerning, font choice and colour are critical and please get a dispassionate eye to read it, you’ve stared at it for days or weeks, you won’t spot a speeling mistook. Biggest request… stop using A.I.slop, a simple, human-made poster is a thousand times better and I might attend your event, if you use generic A.I. posters then I can 100% guarantee that you won’t see me.
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