{"id":405,"date":"2013-04-15T11:54:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T10:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howiem.org\/wordpress\/?p=405"},"modified":"2013-04-15T11:54:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T10:54:36","slug":"kerning-on-the-mentalist-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howiem.org\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/15\/kerning-on-the-mentalist-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerning on The Mentalist [redux]"},"content":{"rendered":"

From 20 episodes, picked at random:<\/p>\n

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It’s that W and A that drive me nuts. Every episode I sit waiting for the delightfully brief title sting, then 30 seconds later I want to throw something at the screen. And, as you can see, they sometimes get it right.<\/p>\n

The Mentalist itself is pretty good telly – well, it was; it’s gone off the boil a bit lately – early on there were lots of cleverly thought out gags and clues for the protagonist to riff on.<\/p>\n

Kerning cheat sheet:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Illustrator
\nAfter Effects
\nPhotoshop
\nInDesign<\/td>\n		Put cursor between letters and use Alt + left or right cursor keys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fireworks<\/td>\nPut cursor between letters and use properties panel (ewww)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple Motion < 5.0.5<\/td>\nPut cursor between letters and use Ctrl + left or right cursor keys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple Motion > 5.0.5<\/td>\nPut cursor between letters and use Ctrl + Option + left or right bracket keys<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple FCP X<\/td>\nPut cursor between letters and use Ctrl + left or right cursor keys (See this page<\/a> for additional notes)<\/p>\n

UPDATE: dunno when they changed it, but the keys are now Cmd-Alt plus\u00a0the left or right square bracket keys [ and ].<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Also see 8 simple kerning tips<\/a>\u00a0for some useful tricks. I like the upside-down one best – though squinting can often blur the words enough for you to judge the spacing properly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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