Pair Kerning, Tropical

Spacing is a love language.

Two white cockatoos with orange-pink crests facing each other across a pink hibiscus under a golden sun, in a deco arch frame. Deco-framed panel.

The Story

Two cockatoos hold a wire over Lucerne Ave in daily session: face to face at a measured distance, taking turns, the hibiscus below them refereeing nothing. Typesetters keep a term for adjusting the space between exactly two characters - pair kerning. Wrong spacing reads awkward; right spacing reads as nothing at all, just the pair, complete.

The Making

Panel composed in Photoshop - the two birds mirrored into a facing pair, the spacing between them tuned in small increments like type.
Framed in the deco arch in Illustrator and given a golden-hour grade.
Print-prepped at 300 dpi.

Palette

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8 × 10 print - $20 · 2 for $35 · 3 for $50

Pair Kerning, Tropical - print thumbnail

Pink Frequency - pairs well with Pair Kerning, Tropical

Monstera Nocturne - pairs well with Pair Kerning, Tropical

Pairs well with Pink Frequency and Monstera Nocturne - 2 for $35, 3 for $50.

Printed at full print quality, ready to frame. Stickers and art cards carry the motto: Spacing is a love language.

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