Re: Thoughts on the Worstveld Sling Extra typeface

Character wrote:

I find that the small lettering and tight letterspacing looks jumbled together, particularly in things like your email address, and the telephone number looks like a single ten-digit number with no separation. Some of this is inherent in the font, but can be overcome.


How would you suggest dealing with this? Should I change the kerning?

What it's called may depend on the layout tool you're using. In Illustrator or Corel Draw you can drag individual letters around. In a word processor you may be able to adjust the letter-spacing for many characters at once - in a one-size fits all way. I don't know if this feature ever made it into InDesign, but at one time they were talking about being able to establish kerning pairs, overriding the kerning built into a font, so that the same pair would always be kerned the same way in a given document. If not, you can adjust them one at a time. No big deal for a business card, hell on wheels for War and Peace.

I'm using the text tools in Photoshop CS3. I could use Illustrator, but I'm much more experienced with Photoshop than Illustrator. Is there some reason I should avoid just adjusting the kerning for the entire group or block as a whole (e.g. spacing out all the letters a bit more for readability)? I think I can adjust them one-by-one using PS CS3 if necessary, and I'll give Illustrator a try if Photoshop proves inadequate.

Which layout version (for the relationship between JC Dill and Photography - ignore the rest of the layout) do you feel works the best?

The last two - the orchid and the white flowers (lilies?). I think

The 2 white flowers in the vase are cyclamen:

http://images.google.com/images?q=cyclamen

"Photography" should be heavier; that would also affect the best visual placement and size, too. It's a balancing act.

Thanks! I'll play with those layouts and see if I can balance it up.

Have you worked with some of the many other members of the Worstveld and Worstveld Sling families? There are some useful variants available.


I only have Worstveld Sling Extra and Worstveld Sling Extra Condensed.

The entire free family is available at fontspace and other places. You might also take a look at Worsveld Sting. That's sTing - Graham says that this is an improved rendition - and not free.

I don't have any budget for a "not free" font at present. After I get some marketing in effect and business picks up, I'll look at expanding my font choices with paid fonts. I don't have a $dayjob paycheck to pay my bills, and with the current economy it's hard being self-employed.

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