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“It Gets Better The Longer I Look At It”: 66 Kerning Mistakes That Gave People A Good Laugh
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
#4
Hyperpig
#5
One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor
#6
Thekings Arms
#7
Bat Hro On
#8
Petarea
#9
Not Even Sure What To Title This
#11
His Panic And La Tinx
#12
Empowering The Next Gene Ration
Grace Sssssss 3 days ago
It's not *un*true...the next generation is our next ration of genes... /s
#13
Found One In The Wild. The Place Is Called Now Here Coffee
#14
Leavec Hildren Unatt Ended No
#15
Can You Really Blame This On Kerning?
#16
Forsy The Park
#17
This Waffle House Is Cosed
#18
It Gets Better The Longer I Look At It
#19
This Hotel In St. Louis Bothers Me Every Time I Drive Past It
#20
Say It In Cry Stals
Nikole [8647] 3 days ago (edited)
So I can say anything in these cry stals AND they're sate? Thank heavens!
#21
Do Not Overin Flate
#22
They Did Her Wrong
Leslie Green 2 days ago
Well clearly the spacing here is the problem the third line. Sign was made too small.
#23
Wild ⽇derflower
#24
Wand Er Thr Ough The Worl Ds
#25
Because The B And A At The Start Of "Barista" Are Too Close, This Actually Says "Frista" In Braille
#26
Found This One At Work
#27
Kay Akkids
Sea Squirrel 3 days ago
It's even worse. There are two smaller k's in the logo, so ik says 'k k KAY AKKIDS'
#29
This Inspirational Sign In My Doctor's Office Drives Me Crazy Every Time I Get To Number 7
#30
The Font At Work. I’ve Been Dealing With This For Nearly 23yr
Nikole [8647] 3 days ago
From Buffy/Angel? You've been around a lot longer than 23 years, girl...
#31
Um Not Sure If This Belongs Here
#32
Found In A Budget Shop In Romania
#33
How Do I Even Read This
#36
Who’s Tom Ercer?
SheamusFanFrom1987 2 days ago (edited)
Maybe a tribute to Tommy Mercer (Anthony Mayweather/Crimson)...? Though if you walk this path, expect NO MERCY! XP
#37
Finally, Inverse Keming
#38
If You Say So!
#39
Plattsburghintl.airport
#40
Can't Wait To Use This While Birdw Atching
#41
"M Ake Aw I Sh" From A Shrinky Dink Kit
#42
If The Mug Warmer Hots Urface, Ur Using It Wrong
#43
This Sign At My Local Pharmacy Is An Abomination
#44
The Back Of A Staff's Uniform At A Restaurant Called "Keming"
#46
Player Of Theyear
Ghostchaplain16 3 days ago
For anyone not familiar, Smith-Njigba was the OFFENSIVE player of the Year.
#47
Why Is Ontario Kerned Differently?
Elladine DesIsles 3 days 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).
#48
Egregious… But Inevitable Considering LEGO Strict Sticker Placement Rules, I Suppose
#50
Con Ven Ience Store
JustChiLingggg 1 day ago
I think taking the time to feel pain for the kerning as taken away the point of going to the store 💔
#53
What Type Of Meat Is Dhuck?
#55
Apostrophes Are Wider Than Spaces In Breeze Airways' Font
#57
Someone Messed Up The Spacing A Bit
#59
W Elcome Centre
#60
CA Sino
#61
My Wife Is A Reading A Nov El
#62
T He P Residential Walk Of Fame
#63
I Visited Headquarters Today. Who The Heck Swiped The G?
#64
Me Me Me Me
#66
T He O Val O Ffice
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Gavin Johnson 2 days 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.
Janissary35680 2 days 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)
David Paterson 2 days ago (edited)
While you're at it have a look at the logo for Australia's Commonwealth Bank. Deliberately bad spacing.
Gavin Johnson 2 days 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.
Janissary35680 2 days 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)
David Paterson 2 days ago (edited)
While you're at it have a look at the logo for Australia's Commonwealth Bank. Deliberately bad spacing.
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