Virginia @girvinia.bsky.social

this picture taught me the word "kerning"

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Aaron Izakowitz @aizak.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 12, 2023 at 11:25 UTC

Is BBW jobs that much of an improvement?

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marcsh @marcsh.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 00:50 UTC

For sure, the whole JOIN OUR TEAM is all messed up, and you can barely tell they sell BlowJobs

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 16:11 UTC

This was my lesson.

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Daniel Roberts @drobertsimg.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 05:29 UTC

My god, Bath & Body Works owns that URL and nobody has the heart to the tell them…

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New Year Same Tyler @tylerjpetty.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 10, 2023 at 23:46 UTC

Does it actually say BBWJobs? Because that could have some alternative meanings too

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D. Paul Angel @dpaulangel.com [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 07:02 UTC

I learned about kerning from XKCD, but this example is perfect.

imgs.xkcd.com/comics/kerni...

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Kim K 🏳️‍🌈 @tkimk.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 17:34 UTC

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Kim K 🏳️‍🌈 @tkimk.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 17:32 UTC

Every man named CLINT understands kerning.

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ardrigh @ardrigh.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 04:40 UTC

I bet the BBW jobs site would be popular too, but not for the reason they expect 😂

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@theothercollin.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 19:16 UTC

Once you see through the bad kerning, it doesn't get much better.

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Heather Smith @hssoundscaper.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 02:23 UTC

Um.

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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 16:22 UTC

This taught me the word keening which is what Google insists I’m trying to define rather than kerning.

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Will Lowe @conjugateprior.org [ View ] Dec 12, 2023 at 10:02 UTC

Alas, even the best kerning only changes it from NC-17 to R.

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Luden 🦇 Shazo @ludenshazo.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 08:08 UTC

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Sandeha Lynch @sandehalynch.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 08:21 UTC

Nice observation. Btw, the actual word for bad kerning is keming.

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Andy Pearlman @apearlma.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 02:40 UTC

this tracks

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Jack Zweiblumen @jackzweiblumen.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 12:22 UTC

Or in this case keming

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 18:24 UTC

An excuse to post this old chestnut… :)

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@the-gwalla.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 23:15 UTC

I mean “BBW Jobs” isn’t necessarily more innocent

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Tom Cosgrave @socmot.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 12:59 UTC

www.swordsexpress.com (Ostensibly a bus company in North Dublin in Ireland but it sounds extremely painful...)

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Paula Schaap @redsonja.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 22:19 UTC

Oh dear.

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@stevenskies.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 08, 2024 at 18:46 UTC

i had to look twice, i thought it said 'blowjobs.com...' i feel blonde now! ty...lol

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nick @nickpcr.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 16:10 UTC

I always laugh at the banner for this church which has its url proudly displayed www.cumcballston.org

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duckfarts @duckfarts.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 16:31 UTC

keming is very irnportant

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👁️👃👁️ @waxrepli.ca [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 15:39 UTC

*keming

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Korrek the Barbarian @korrekthebarbarian.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 04:12 UTC

I had to look it up. But spot on!

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Birx @birx.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 06:28 UTC

🙈

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Jack Yan @jackyan.bsky.social [ View ] Jan 19, 2024 at 01:26 UTC

Virginia, please may I use this (with credit) at fontpolice.org?

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Cabbage Patch Squatch @freqforce.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 01:04 UTC

Is their team giving or receiving? That QR code better have answers.

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Maximilian Ximenez @maxximenez.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 13:52 UTC

"BBW jobs; hefty paychecks for hefty women"

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Ken Shaw @wiredrabbit.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 20:49 UTC

yes!! Ha! Always nice to learn!

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🎆 Nevetsboy (is a firecracker) 🎇 @nevetsboy.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 02:57 UTC

Times are tough.........

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Antronics Ltd @antronicsltd.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 18:07 UTC

and more here: www.thepoke.com/2016/02/12/2...

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Jenny DeMilo @jennydemilo.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 12, 2023 at 11:59 UTC

I ❤️ typography humor

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@lukewarm.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 22:24 UTC

Yeah that l and o need to be further apart

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ambrosia @dead.rs [ View ] Dec 13, 2023 at 12:17 UTC

it taught me the word “blowjobs”

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Bruno Faidutti @faidutti.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 09:06 UTC

Just looked for it !

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NGPZ @ngpz.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 14, 2023 at 22:26 UTC

It's subliminal messaging. Musicals also do it :p

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Rick Healey, man out of thyme @twotothefifth.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 06:22 UTC

Also, if ever there was an argument for using capital letters in a URL, it's that.

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WuClanTang @yevkras.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 10:48 UTC

Wait … it’s supposed to say “kerning”?

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LNR @lnr.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 11:44 UTC

Not that "BBW jobs" has *much* better implications, once your mind has gone there.

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Informema @informema.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 17:03 UTC

Pretty sure the intern they assigned this design project to knows exactly what kerning is.

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Bob E. Wise @bobewise.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 12, 2023 at 15:55 UTC

I was sent this in response to this...

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Ben A. @pcjr.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 16:48 UTC

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Tizacoincidence @tizacoincidence.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 13, 2023 at 06:53 UTC

I really want to join this team for some reason

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Brian Box Brown (Larry Legend) @boxbrown.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 12:07 UTC

BBW Jobs sounds horny too

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beat the heat by beating your meat @salarta.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 00:48 UTC

“No no, it’s a site for BBWs to get jobs!”

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Daniel @dnlbrwn.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 20:17 UTC

Between a rock and a hard place with bbw jobs or blowjobs

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@jdthom.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 18:38 UTC

Looking at the top: Oh, sure that T is way too close to the E… Continues reading: 👀

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Nick @nicky9lives.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 12, 2023 at 07:48 UTC

how is BBW Jobs any better

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@doubtingapostle.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 12:01 UTC

I guarantee this was intentional by someone.

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Squee @squeehammer.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 12, 2023 at 01:13 UTC

We have a pegboard on the front door at work which has a rotating roster of silly stuff on it. For a couple of months we were "CLINT'S KERNING".

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KinnaBeck @kinnabeck.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 16:36 UTC

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Stuart Forbes @stuartforbes.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 12:47 UTC

"Artisanal cheese"

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apjanke @apjanke.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 09:30 UTC

TBF, "BBW Jobs" is still a little funny and non-work-appropriate... Next step in being a typography nerd is to start spelling it "keming" when you're being snide.

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Luke @lukemaxwell.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 21:07 UTC

Bbw Jobs ain't all that better

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Christy Rae Jeffson @jcry.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 19:59 UTC

Now that jobs for BBW's isn't it's own problem

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Nop (he/him) 🍉 PUSSY IN BIO @voxexsinister.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 04:46 UTC

You seem to have misspelled 'keming'. HTH!

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Eleanor Tyler @eleanortyler.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 07:54 UTC

OMG, perfect.

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Torr Leonard 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 17:09 UTC

I wish it looked that "good" from every angle~! 😆

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@unanimousd.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 04:22 UTC

Cyberpunk.mp3

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Robert Szasz 𓅆 @rszasz.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 04:42 UTC

Could be fine for bath and body works or a hair salon

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@doctorbob.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 12, 2023 at 14:17 UTC

Ok but bbwjobs.com isn't much better

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Phil D @haggiskiwi.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 00:47 UTC

partsexchange for exchanging automative parts, not 1/2 done jobs

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NK @enkay8.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 18:52 UTC

Team work makes the dream work has an entirely different meaning 👀

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Maaike Verbruggen @maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 11:13 UTC

Keming?

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Michael K. Ingram @michaelkingram.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 17:00 UTC

Keming is not a victimless crime.

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Dr. LurkHer @lurkher.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 22:34 UTC

Lolololol

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Trevor McCarthy @mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 08:17 UTC

Younger viewers will remember the credits on *Top Of The Pops* when, in cursive script they noted the contribution of choreographer FLICK COLBY

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iquanyin @iquanyin.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 04:28 UTC

hilarious!

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Eddie! @yetichurnetscary.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 12, 2023 at 22:09 UTC

reacting in shock to “blowjobs.com” and then nodding my head in approval for a website promising jobs to BBW

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Tudza @tudza.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 03:35 UTC

Far more exciting than

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Evilbunny Pottymouth - Help us flush the Orange Turd in November @mrsquirrel.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 16:45 UTC

😆

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Doing Kevin Things @tonfa.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 15:24 UTC

The properly kerned version may or may not be a whole lot better (but more interesting to say the least)...

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c______z @boshyboo.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 15:08 UTC

Graphic designer problems be like

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Repetete @repetete.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 16:18 UTC

I've got two minutes to hear the elevator pitch

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Steve Quick @stevequick.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 10, 2023 at 23:06 UTC

My favorite website name problem is for theatrical agents: who represents, but the site reads whore presents to everyone: whorepresents

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Don Livingston @donlivingston.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 16:16 UTC

keming - The result of bad kerning

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Megatech Body.CD.Jer @whydoisay.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 12, 2023 at 07:00 UTC

Used to have a customer called Pen Island. Guess what their domain name was?

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Brisco & Chief @briscoandchief.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 12, 2023 at 13:15 UTC

It's why I like to type CLINT EASTWOOD in all caps...

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Suicide Girl @queerwebs.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 12, 2023 at 08:45 UTC

PLEASE SOMEBODY GET ME A REFERRAL CODE FOR BBWJOBS RIGHT NOW

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Jean-Marc MORIN @morinjeanmarc.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 11:25 UTC

What is wrong with BLOWJOLOS ?😅

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Marc Reeve @cmraman.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 17:31 UTC

There was the site for promoting visitation to the Lake Tahoe reason which was gotahoe.com (it has since been changed.)

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Sam Dren @samdren.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 08:11 UTC

I hope it also taught you about bad QR codes. 😉

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cptbuk 🏴‍☠️ @cptbuk.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 02:50 UTC

dick here for tips on keming

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Tommy @tommyg.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 04:51 UTC

Memorable way to learn the term. Also their designers might have thought they were suckers.

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Alex "I think you'll find it did not blow" P @alexmegami.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 17:46 UTC

I mean I'm not sure BBW Jobs makes me think "porn" LESS than "blowjobs" does?

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Max Phillips @signaltype.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 17:30 UTC

Proper kerning ruins everything

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 04:42 UTC

@munizfraticelli.bsky.social

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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 11, 2023 at 08:20 UTC

😂

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