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Optical Type · Kerning Bench

A typography spacing game: arrange inked letterforms, compare a reference, inspect metric hints, and complete four scored kerning studies.

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Study the reference word. The textured letters below are offset from the font’s own advance and kerning positions. Choose a letter and adjust its offset, use the nudge buttons or drag a glyph. The first letter is anchored. Check spacing measures mean absolute placement error; a score of 92 or above opens the next word. Complete four words and replay. Metric guides reveal each target baseline tick. The target is this typeface’s metric spacing, not a universal claim about optical beauty.

Original GPT-generated materials are bundled locally and used on the work surface. Source mechanism: https://github.com/opentypejs/opentype.js · MIT. An independent static adaptation; all editable program code and source notices are included.