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		cjensen on May 24, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fira Sans: a Free, Open Source Typeface Commission... The sample on the page looks pretty horrific in terms of kerning. I'm not very fussy about fonts. Am I the only one seeing this? Does the sample fairly represent actual use?

psychometry on May 24, 2014 [–]

It's not great. The "Me" in "Medium" in that PNG is most egregious. I'm not sure whether it's a problem with the font or if their designer was messing around with letter spacing in Photoshop.

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