Why did you buy a book to space five letters ?

I've had the book for a long while. I have been trying to educate myself on the subject of font creation, and in the kerning/tracking field, this is relevant.

Anyone have any assistance?

Why not post an image in the design forum and get actual criticism on your attempt. I don't know what anyone can say without seeing what you've done thus far.

I hope the client isn't paying you by the hour. Talk about making a meal of it!

Can anyone recommend a professional kerning/tracking service provider?

LOL!

Nick Cooke

If we are only speaking of a few letters for the logo - why not outline them in Illustrator and then by hand place them where you want them to be. Save the file, archive it and now you have a logo that will always be the same and that you know your other programs can not match the arrangement of the letters. BTW - If you don't have Illustrator, perhaps you have Photoshop? You can set each letter on an individual layer and move them/overlap them, whatever - till you get what you are looking for.

Meanwhile, what programs are you working from? Most of us would be working in QuarkXPress or InDesign. But if you are on an IBM or IBM compatible working with some Microsoft program - I understand it is most cruel to the fonts out there... and kerning/letterspacing falls to the wayside.

Good luck with your project. Hope it turns out well and is appreciated by all.

You can read some of David Kindersley's thoughts on letter spacing here.

Briem's excellent web site on type design includes a section on spacing.

The great Fonts & Logos book by Doyald Young gives examples of how to modify type for logos.

It does take time to train your eyes and brain to be good at this.