Kerning (May) Be Fun
with
Ben Kiel
A discount is available to Typographics conference participants. A promotional discount code will be found on the PDF of qualifying conference tickets. Please apply the code to workshop registration.
Kerning is at once one of the more tedious jobs in typeface design and one of the more important things in polishing a typeface for release. This one day workshop will focus on various tools and strategies for reducing the tedium of kerning. Topics such as interpolating kerning, how best to put kerning data into your font for various platforms and uses, proofing and testing kerning, right to left kerning, and contextual kerning will be covered.
About Ben Kiel
Ben Kiel works as a typeface designer and a partner at XYZ Type from a backyard studio shed in St. Louis, Missouri. Running a type foundry brings together Ben’s diverse background in graphic design, coding, letterpress printing, and type history. After studying graphic design and computer science at Washington University in St. Louis, he completed an MA in Typeface Design at the University of Reading in the UK. Ben began his career at House Industries, then ran a solo design practice for several years before co-founding XYZ Type. Ben has taught at MICA, Washington University, and Type@Cooper.