Drag the letters of a word to set the space between each pair until the rhythm reads evenly, then compare your kerning against a typographer's.
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How to play
A word sits on a canvas with a density overlay shading the whitespace between glyphs. Slide letters left or right to even out the spacing, then check your work against the ideal kerning.
Drag a letter to tighten or loosen the gap before it.
Use the density overlay to hunt for uneven or colliding gaps, warm shading flags trouble.
Watch the live rhythm score as you adjust.
Check kerning to reveal the typographer's spacing in green and score your accuracy.
Controls
Desktop: drag letters; click Density, Reset, New word, and Check kerning.
Phone & tablet: drag letters with your finger, touch-enabled.
Tips & strategy
Aim for even optical space, not even measured gaps, round letters need to sit a touch tighter.
Watch for the collision warning; letters that touch tank your rhythm score.
What you'll learn
Tighten trains the designer's skill of kerning by feel, spacing letters until they look right.
Skills: typography, kerning, letter spacing, visual design
Best for: teens and up (designers)
For parents & teachers: the designer's craft of letter spacing.
About Tighten
Tighten is a typography game that trains the designer's skill of kerning by feel. It is an original, free browser game built in-house.
A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.
