London's Kerning

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Artist/Maker	NB: Studio (designer) International Society of Typographers (commissioned by)
Place of origin	London (made)

This poster was commissioned by The International Society of Typographers for the exhibition My London, My City at the 2006 London Design Festival. In typography kerning or mortising is the process of adjusting letter spacing in a proportional font so that the blank spaces between each pair of letters all have a similar area.

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Categories	Prints Designs
Object type	Print
Title	London's Kerning (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Lithography on paper Ink Paper Lithography
Brief description	"London's Kerning", by NB: Studio, lithograph; United Kingdom, 2006
Physical description	Map of London consisting of street names with no lines.
Dimensions	Print height: 101cm Print width: 152cm Melinex protector height: 108cm Melinex protector width: 159cm
Production type	Limited edition
Marks and inscriptions	LONDON'S KERNING (bottom centre) Reproduced by permission of Geographics A-Z Map Co. Ltd. Licence B3713 / [copyright symbol]Crown Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. Licence number 100017302 / Designed by NB: Studio 2006 (bottom right) Scale [scale in miles and kilometers] (bottom left)
Credit line	Given by NB: Studio
Historical context	Designed for the ISTD exhibition My London/My City
Production	Attribution note: edition of 100
Place depicted	London
Summary	This poster was commissioned by The International Society of Typographers for the exhibition My London, My City at the 2006 London Design Festival. In typography kerning or mortising is the process of adjusting letter spacing in a proportional font so that the blank spaces between each pair of letters all have a similar area.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3126-2007

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Record created	April 29, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O153713/londons-kerning-print-nb-studio/

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