Dear readers... it's time we learnt about something called "kerning".

Kerning is the practice of organising the space between letters to make text easily readable. This is normal kerning using a web font. T h i s is me using a wider kerning, which makes the first "is" confusing to read in this sentence. T his is irregular kerning, which makes the word "this" less pleasant to read. Kerning is a very important skill to typographers and advertisers. It can be the difference between a well designed piece of work, and something that's a headache to look at. (Infamously, the end credits to "Skyfall" have really bad kerning.) Why are we going on about a niche skill so much? Because on Monday evening, a gentlemen went on Pointless and well... look. That is what happens when you don't sort your kerning out. A lovely gentleman called Clint turns up on tele with a nametag that looks like... well... y'know. It didn't take long for Pointless viewers to start rubbing their eyes in disbelief. https://twitter.com/PinkerbeIl/status/790592005634191361 https://twitter.com/Notts_Blade/status/790590552957911040 https://twitter.com/JQW/status/790590368748306436 Lovely lovely Clint is a property developer from Surrey, and popped up on the show with his son Colm. "I have a love of Bruce Springsteen, the England football team and Colm," he told Richard and Alexander. We're really sorry Clint. You seemed like a lovely fella. But let's take this as an exercise in learning proper kerning. https://twitter.com/Antiguamann/status/790590292915261440 https://twitter.com/markhopping1/status/790590009611018241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw