Comments on: KERN: A Typographer's Dream (or Nightmare) Game http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/18/kern-a-typographers-dream-or-nightmare/ ... keeping in touch with the latest in iPhone gaming Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Nukie http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/18/kern-a-typographers-dream-or-nightmare/#comment-13099 Nukie Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:10:59 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1802#comment-13099 Well, the video only shows Helvetica being used as the font for all the words. As far as kerning goes, this teaches you nothing about kerning. In real life, you don't drop words from above and try to get them to land around a letter. LOL. I realize this is a game. As a game, I find it boring. It's a simplified version of Tetris but without any of the fun. And as a chance to educate people on typography and kerning, it completely misses the mark. But I don't think its intended purpose (notice the correct use of its) was to try and be educational. Well, the video only shows Helvetica being used as the font for all the words. As far as kerning goes, this teaches you nothing about kerning. In real life, you don't drop words from above and try to get them to land around a letter. LOL. I realize this is a game. As a game, I find it boring. It's a simplified version of Tetris but without any of the fun. And as a chance to educate people on typography and kerning, it completely misses the mark. But I don't think its intended purpose (notice the correct use of its) was to try and be educational.

]]> By: Nukie http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/18/kern-a-typographers-dream-or-nightmare/#comment-298411 Nukie Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:10:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1802#comment-298411 Well, the video only shows Helvetica being used as the font for all the words. As far as kerning goes, this teaches you nothing about kerning. In real life, you don't drop words from above and try to get them to land around a letter. LOL. I realize this is a game. As a game, I find it boring. It's a simplified version of Tetris but without any of the fun. And as a chance to educate people on typography and kerning, it completely misses the mark. But I don't think its intended purpose (notice the correct use of its) was to try and be educational. Well, the video only shows Helvetica being used as the font for all the words. As far as kerning goes, this teaches you nothing about kerning. In real life, you don't drop words from above and try to get them to land around a letter. LOL. I realize this is a game. As a game, I find it boring. It's a simplified version of Tetris but without any of the fun. And as a chance to educate people on typography and kerning, it completely misses the mark. But I don't think its intended purpose (notice the correct use of its) was to try and be educational.

]]> By: James Welborn http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/18/kern-a-typographers-dream-or-nightmare/#comment-13075 James Welborn Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:10:12 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1802#comment-13075 As a former newspaper editor and graphic artist, this game really appeals to me. But, at 00:54, I nearly puked. Please fix your apostrophe catastrophe. As a former newspaper editor and graphic artist, this game really appeals to me.

But, at 00:54, I nearly puked. Please fix your apostrophe catastrophe.

]]> By: James Welborn http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/18/kern-a-typographers-dream-or-nightmare/#comment-298410 James Welborn Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:10:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1802#comment-298410 As a former newspaper editor and graphic artist, this game really appeals to me. But, at 00:54, I nearly puked. Please fix your apostrophe catastrophe. As a former newspaper editor and graphic artist, this game really appeals to me.

But, at 00:54, I nearly puked. Please fix your apostrophe catastrophe.

]]> By: PopZen http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/18/kern-a-typographers-dream-or-nightmare/#comment-13067 PopZen Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:19:37 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1802#comment-13067 I think to be fair, the game is not about fonts, but rather KERNing, which is an attribute of typography-not at all related to different fonts. I think the designer nature of the game style is intended to be very minimalist and not feature-rich. Not for everyone, but for those who dig this sort of design (like myself) it resonates. I think to be fair, the game is not about fonts, but rather KERNing, which is an attribute of typography-not at all related to different fonts. I think the designer nature of the game style is intended to be very minimalist and not feature-rich. Not for everyone, but for those who dig this sort of design (like myself) it resonates.

]]> By: PopZen http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/18/kern-a-typographers-dream-or-nightmare/#comment-298409 PopZen Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:19:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1802#comment-298409 I think to be fair, the game is not about fonts, but rather KERNing, which is an attribute of typography-not at all related to different fonts. I think the designer nature of the game style is intended to be very minimalist and not feature-rich. Not for everyone, but for those who dig this sort of design (like myself) it resonates. I think to be fair, the game is not about fonts, but rather KERNing, which is an attribute of typography-not at all related to different fonts. I think the designer nature of the game style is intended to be very minimalist and not feature-rich. Not for everyone, but for those who dig this sort of design (like myself) it resonates.

]]> By: JKT http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/18/kern-a-typographers-dream-or-nightmare/#comment-13041 JKT Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:20:43 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1802#comment-13041 Are you sure it's ALWAYS Helvetica? That would be a bizarre (& unnecessary) shortcoming. Are you sure it's ALWAYS Helvetica? That would be a bizarre (& unnecessary) shortcoming.

]]> By: JKT http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/18/kern-a-typographers-dream-or-nightmare/#comment-298408 JKT Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:20:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1802#comment-298408 Are you sure it's ALWAYS Helvetica? That would be a bizarre (& unnecessary) shortcoming. Are you sure it's ALWAYS Helvetica? That would be a bizarre (& unnecessary) shortcoming.

]]> By: Nukie http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/18/kern-a-typographers-dream-or-nightmare/#comment-13034 Nukie Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:11:47 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1802#comment-13034 As a professional graphic designer, I vote nightmare. I find it interesting that a game that is suppose to be about fonts, and uses the names of different fonts in the game, presents the entire game in one font, Helvetica. Terribly boring. As a professional graphic designer, I vote nightmare. I find it interesting that a game that is suppose to be about fonts, and uses the names of different fonts in the game, presents the entire game in one font, Helvetica. Terribly boring.

]]> By: Nukie http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/18/kern-a-typographers-dream-or-nightmare/#comment-298407 Nukie Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:11:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1802#comment-298407 As a professional graphic designer, I vote nightmare. I find it interesting that a game that is suppose to be about fonts, and uses the names of different fonts in the game, presents the entire game in one font, Helvetica. Terribly boring. As a professional graphic designer, I vote nightmare. I find it interesting that a game that is suppose to be about fonts, and uses the names of different fonts in the game, presents the entire game in one font, Helvetica. Terribly boring.

]]> By: dunkee http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/18/kern-a-typographers-dream-or-nightmare/#comment-13028 dunkee Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:03:55 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1802#comment-13028 looks fun! looks fun!

]]> By: dunkee http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/18/kern-a-typographers-dream-or-nightmare/#comment-298406 dunkee Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:03:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=1802#comment-298406 looks fun! looks fun!

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