Word spacing seems a bit too tight about source-sans HOT 6 CLOSED

@kevinSuttle would you mind attaching a screenshot of some sample text demonstrating this? Also what version (OTF, TTF?) of the font are you using and on what OS and application?

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@kevinSuttle From my point of view, the spacing of SSP is certainly compact, but not too loose. An em space is the widest spacing character available, and would certainly be too wide.
Of course readability has objective measures, but often the subjective experience is influenced by personal taste.

Fortunately, you can go and adjust the word space to your liking in the source files, to build your personal version of Source Sans Pro.

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You're right. It may be subjective.

Here it is on Typekit

Here it is on Google Webfonts

Here it is on Typecast

Here it is in Photoshop

I use OTF on my Mac.

Even just looking at these screenshots, it looks very readable and word-spacing doesn't seem to be a problem. Perhaps it was just a day of too much staring at typefaces. :)

I just wanted to be sure it was me, and not a technical bug with the files. Also, I noticed that I was using one version older than the current (not sure if word-spacing was adjusted since then). If it is just me, please feel free to close.

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Kevin, your image links are now broken, but I had a look at these before they expired. I have been using SSP as my text font in my browser by replacing all other common fonts using a custom CSS file. I have not felt that the letter spacing is too tight. I will note, however, that in your samples the antialiasing seemed to create a heavier appearance of the text than the settings I typically use so perhaps this is contributing to the impression you are getting that the letterspacing is too tight. I am attaching a screenshot for comparison. This was taken in Chrome on Mac using the OTF font files.

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Hi Paul, I guess S3 expires links. Hopefully these embedded images will stay.
Also, I didn't get your screenshot (I assume you replied by mail–it isn't there either).
I should note that all of these screenshots, other than Photoshop were taken on Chrome. Is there a way to ensure anti-aliasing when these fonts are served, besides just using @font-face yourself?

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Kevin, the font rendering differs based on the following factors in combination: Font format (OTF vs TTF, TTF renders better on Windows systems), OS (Windows and Mac and other platforms use different rasterizers and rendering principles), and application (some applications use their own rasterizer instead of the OS rasterizer), user settings (rasterization can be tuned to user preference on Mac & Windows), screen orientation, and probably some other factors I have not considered here. Unfortunately there is no way to specify consistent, cross-platform or even cross-device rendering.

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