Unless you're obsessed with type—or like to chide those who are—stop reading now.Now you can think about type 24-7 via the iPhone app "KERN". The idea is to score points by inserting missing letters into design-related words while maintaining optimal letterspacing and avoiding unnecessary ligatures. (If you have no idea wtf this means, remember, you were warned.)
Since I haven't actually downloaded the app, below is a mix of user reviews and my own snarky commentary. Guess which is which:
A. "This app should come with its own black mock turtleneck!"
B. "What may be the first and only video game in history with the potential to get typographers all hot and bothered.”
C. "The iPhone's first design-nerd game."
D. "Better than a girlfriend."
While I was stranded at the airport due to weather yesterday, I sat next to a chick that was using the app. If only she would have given me her contact information, I think we could have spent a lifetime filling in the blanks....
ReplyDeleteSounds like she was just your type.
ReplyDeleteI'd kern it.
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