Bad keming: Kerning failures, plus other typographical and font mishaps(badkeming.com)
badkeming.com
Bad keming: Kerning failures, plus other typographical and font mishaps
https://badkeming.com
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I would rather view it on Tumblr, honestly. IMO the reddit experience has degraded as the business model shifted over the years.
1) Because it's name is two words.
2) Because the content is brutally simple to understand.
3) Because dad jokes resonate.
TL;DR) Because meme.
2) Because the content is brutally simple to understand.
3) Because dad jokes resonate.
TL;DR) Because meme.
I had my bad kerning / bad font selection awakening when a student asked me after a lecture about Apache Maven what the porn.xml is for.
There was a great maven blog back in the day, called “hardcore pom”
https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to... avoids lower-casing POM as much as possible for a reason, I think.
I do wonder whether that potential keming issue is accidental or a joke. Does anybody here know?
I do wonder whether that potential keming issue is accidental or a joke. Does anybody here know?
TIL it stands for "Project Object Model". It sounds like a backronym or made-up name to me.
> made-up name
Are there any non-made-up terms? :)
Are there any non-made-up terms? :)
Onomatopoeias.
Hmm, that's a good one. Although since they're different for every language, I'd argue they still capture the inherent made-upness of language.
From the best snl skit
* Whore ads for $100
* The penis mightier
“I’ll play your little game trebek!”
Idk what my point is really. That high and low art share the same source, possibly, but I 100% retconned.
* Whore ads for $100
* The penis mightier
“I’ll play your little game trebek!”
Idk what my point is really. That high and low art share the same source, possibly, but I 100% retconned.
I scrolled, looking for "the rapist", and there it was.
That was a joke on The Benny Hill Show. (More than one time.)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x34id0y
That was a joke on The Benny Hill Show. (More than one time.)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x34id0y
Always will make me think of Arrested Development's Tobias Funke
https://youtu.be/pz8aYiH_nRg
https://youtu.be/pz8aYiH_nRg
Also on Three's Company: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RojeGRiGdhc.
as a designer myself, I assure you more than half of these are intentional. we dream for these kinds of shenanigans
Or honest space bar accidents. Just as much "not kerning".
The "you have what it takes" is an excellent piece of positivity, because even typography laymen like me can clearly see that it was all done on purpose, giving a soft warm resonance with the message. "You're a good boy, you saw right through the message the expert set up for you"
The "you have what it takes" is an excellent piece of positivity, because even typography laymen like me can clearly see that it was all done on purpose, giving a soft warm resonance with the message. "You're a good boy, you saw right through the message the expert set up for you"
Years ago I made https://fuckyeahkeming.com/ with the same premise. It had some good ones but after some time it’s just repeats of the same few words/letter combos for the funny ones: li becoming u, cl becoming d.
Other common issues are text being printed in the wrong font (using default letter shapes but the wrong kerning info), missing spaces (“me at” to “meat”) or poor tracking, which is excess space applied to all letters.
I stopped because it started feeling pedantic rather than funny.
Other common issues are text being printed in the wrong font (using default letter shapes but the wrong kerning info), missing spaces (“me at” to “meat”) or poor tracking, which is excess space applied to all letters.
I stopped because it started feeling pedantic rather than funny.
I'm afraid to dick on that url!
Fun! Reminds me of the Unnecessary Quotes blog.
http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/
http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42424210
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42424759
Why does this blog with relatively little content mostly stolen from reddit.com/r/keming keep getting posted here?