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R9 Type+Design is an independent type foundry from Canada. We specialize in modern and contemporary typeface/font designs.

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STEP 3: A Beginners’ Guide to Kerning Your Fonts

Tana Kosiyabong

As a type designer, you not only have to deal with the front end of kerning the way a graphic designer or an art director does, but you also need to make sure the back end of it is well-organized. From my experience, the critical success lies in the two backend steps you need to do before kerning an entire typeface: setting the side bearings and setting the kerning groups.

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