{"id":295,"date":"2015-02-10T22:24:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T03:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/?p=295"},"modified":"2015-02-10T22:24:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T03:24:24","slug":"kerning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/kerning\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Word:\u00a0<\/strong>Kerning<\/p>\n<p><strong>Definition:\u00a0<\/strong>The adjustment of the space between characters in a font,\u00a0typically done for visual appeal or effect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thought:<\/strong>\u00a0While UX is not formally a\u00a0visual design profession, it is still important for user experience designers to understand aspects of the visual and how it can influence\u00a0user emotions. The kerning of a word can actually change the way that a word feels.\u00a0Practice your kerning skills in a fun way with the \"<a href=\"http:\/\/type.method.ac\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kerning Game<\/a>\". Seriously, it's fun! But I'm warning you now, it is also addictive!<\/p>\n<p>But wait, the fun does not stop there! \u00a0While not kerning per se, check out designer Ji Lee's \"<a href=\"http:\/\/pleaseenjoy.com\/projects\/personal\/word-as-image\/\" target=\"_blank\">Word As Image<\/a>\" project to see some of the amazing things that can be done with just typography. It is also so cool that I just wanted an excuse to share it!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>: How well did you do on the Kerning Game?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Word:\u00a0Kerning Definition:\u00a0The adjustment of the space between characters in a font,\u00a0typically done for visual appeal or effect. Thought:\u00a0While UX is not formally a\u00a0visual design profession, it is still important for user experience designers to understand aspects of the visual and how it can influence\u00a0user emotions. The kerning of a word can actually change the way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[96,97,8,9],"class_list":["post-295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visual-design","tag-kerning","tag-typography","tag-user-experience","tag-ux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions\/299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}