Tag: logo

2014 Calibrating Lucky Stripes  1,255 words

Some years ago (maybe a couple, maybe more: I excel at losing track of time), Ricardo Gomes, from Lucky Stripes Cigar Box Guitars, needed a script lettering for his guitars. For me, this was a really cool project: making scripts is always fun and challenging, I could do a fast project (since it’s lettering), lots of […]

2014 10 Tips On Kerning And Metrics  1,065 words

[2026/09/18] Very old article, rewritten. The overall corpus is preserved, with added notes and edits. As the title suggests, this is a brief collection of quick tips on kerning and metrics that I find valuable. Although aimed at type designers, this article might be valuable for kerning in DTP software or for logo designers. Anything […]