maxkerning
- @issacb2 Handwritten precision takes longer than computerized perfection. And with all the typographic wrongs to right, time is valuable.about 2 hours ago from web
- Some say handwritten notes are more personal. I say they’re sloppy. To show you care, send a message with uniform, well spaced letters.about 4 hours ago from web
- I must remind you again. Clean does not equal boring. Consider the uppercase W of Houschka Light or the lowercase k of Akagi.1:19 PM Jul 10th from web
- Font-face offers some improvements, but I caution against zeal. A partial solution is like being partly dead. It’s still an incapacitation.8:53 AM Jul 8th from web
- When one presents a napkin sketch, one is clothing ideas in dirty, rumpled pajamas. Does that honor creativity? Only idiots answer yes.9:05 AM Jul 6th from web
- @chrisjf I prefer neither bold or italics for emphasis. Instead, I prefer a properly chosen typeface and evocative words.9:03 AM Jul 6th from web
- Please discourage poets from writing shape poems. It is nearly impossible to create one without abusing principles of proper letter spacing.9:55 AM Jul 1st from web
- You must temper your respect for anyone who ever used a devil-may-care script with a gradient to sell a record.9:01 AM Jun 29th from web
- Title case is good. Random mixed case is not. It is tacky and evidence of arrested adolescence.9:18 AM Jun 26th from web
- Extra light typefaces have an inherent beauty—except when they reduce words to unreadable wisps. Remember that thin type is a tightrope.8:56 AM Jun 24th from web
- Selecting a typeface that promotes a schizophrenic baseline (e.g., Funny Bone or DF Slack Casual) is always an unwise choice.12:38 PM Jun 22nd from web
- Using extra bold type to promote summer festivals and events is as ill-advised as drinking cocoa while wearing a parka in 102º weather.9:54 AM Jun 19th from web
- @StacyNowTweets A complement to consider—in the proper weight and size—is the insouciant Franklin Gothic or the tastefully jaunty FF Meta.4:21 PM Jun 18th from web
- @iamkhayyam Also remember that paraphrasing is the parlance of sloppy people.12:25 PM Jun 17th from web
- @iamkhayyam One must always try to reform a loved one's poor typographic habits before resorting to estrangement.10:00 AM Jun 17th from web
- @SingleTrackMind It is idiocy to think I would ever extol icons of tackiness or food that leads to disorder (of a cardiovascular nature).9:49 AM Jun 17th from web
- I do not think of maxkerning.com as a portfolio or promotion. No. It is a bastion of anti-idiocy where I may convey typographic truths.9:26 AM Jun 17th from web
- @dsaos If by elitism you mean my unyielding quest for typographic beauty, order and cleanliness, then your assessment is correct.9:26 AM Jun 17th from web
- Of course I support coloring inside the lines. Counters, however, are an exception. Filling in a counter is immature and inadvisable.8:36 AM Jun 15th from Tweetie
- @SJKPDX Yes, those who confuse oblique and italic text are idiots, too.10:25 AM Jun 12th from web
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- Name Max Kerning
- Bio I am devoted to type that is clean, orderly and well spaced.
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