Tom Heintjes: Your periodic reminder that kerning matters.

Your periodic reminder that kerning matters.

Was his first name Clint? (Runs from room while being pelted with produce.)

It was Flicker, but later issues changed it to (if I recall correctly) Clicker, likely for this very reason.

First appeared in the "CLINT 'COCK' SLICKER" detective serial in 1938

Another relevant example.

jesus 40s bdsm comics were HARSH

Oh yeah, Cucker would make that so much better.

Ironically, Jira (a popular piece of software development management software) has a kerning issue wherein "click" looks like "dick", and let me tell you, when testing software one tends to click a lot.

Cuck (2006)

If I remember my comics history correctly, didn't some publishers ban the use of "flick" because of this lettering problem? (Obviously, this publisher was okay with it.) Can't recall if I read that in All in Color for a Dime or one of the Steranko histories.

I've seen that claim before, and at least one book (Batman Unmasked by Will Brooker) has stated is as fact. I don't know if publisher made it an official policy, but I suspect several had it as a de facto one.

Ok but I bet this was done on purpose.

TBH, it makes more sense if you read it as "Fucker."

You mean its not? I kept reading it as "fucker"

The space between L and I does not get enough credit for trying as hard as it does at its job.

"OH, HURRY FUCKER!"

"I'm going as fast as I can!"

I’m guessing this is why you don’t see a lot of comic adaptations of that horse story, Flicker.

It does it does!

Ah, so THIS is why Millie the Model was so popular.

I'm confused without context. Is that his friend, or could that be Mother Flicker?

Theodore J Flicker used to direct or write Barney Miller episodes. My dad would guffaw every time his name popped up in the 70s-style credits.

Jimmy Olsen and Lucy Lane go to Paris, have a vicious argument. Lucy abuses Jimmy for the rest of the trip. Jimmy just takes it, until...

Lol I thought you were talking about me for a second. 😂

I think you mean keming.

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