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Posted By: dalehileman Sidebums - 05/16/08 03:23 PM
It's an interesting peculiarity with some PC fonts that "rn" looks like "m", "ri" looks like "n","vv" looks like "w", etc etc. (1) Does this bother anybody else but me who thinks it all ought to be fixed, and

(2) Did anyone at first glance misread the heading as "sideburns"
Posted By: tsuwm Re: Sidebums - 05/16/08 03:37 PM
from Tues. Apr 8:

the worthless word for the day is: keming

[fr. misreading kerning] /KEM ing/
the result of improper kerning
(a new typography term: keming )

kerning - the addition or removal of space between
individual characters in a piece of typeset text to
improve its appearance or alter its fit

here are some examples where Book Search software
makes this exact mistake: link

"Bad keming is rampant in all those twisty groovy
captcha phrases." - anon.

"Spum Bad Keming" - anon.
Posted By: morphememedley Re: Sidebums - 05/16/08 06:03 PM
The stampede of IronicSans commenters who praise the new term reminds me of lemmings.
Posted By: BranShea Re: Sidebums - 05/16/08 06:59 PM
 Originally Posted By: dalehileman

(2) Did anyone at first glance misread the heading as "sideburns"


Me, no. But I like your word as a headline for our avatars
here.
Posted By: dalehileman Re: Sidebums - 05/17/08 04:08 PM
Why, thank you Bran, I need a bit of encouragement now and again
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