Help with kerning

[Wouter De Boeck]

Hello

There is something wrong with the kerning of this word, Curartor (not a typo). But I can't seem to put my finger on it. Is there anyone who can give me some hints or help with this? It looks like Replica, but with a modified 'C'. It just doesn't look right.

 

Thanks

[Riccardo Sartori]

The first thing I notice is that the |C| looks out of place (too light, wrong shape, not enough bottom overshoot).

Regarding spacing, I think that it would be fine for continuous text, but it looks off for a logo.

In my personal experience, spacing for readability is all about consistent whitespace, while spacing for logos and such is more about relationship between adjacent elements and the overall shape of the word.

[Wouter De Boeck]

Thank you for your reply Riccardo. Could it also be that we know the wordshape of the word curator, and that we don't expect the extra 'r' in there, so it looks off because of that?

[Wouter De Boeck]

Hello, this is a revised version, The 'C' has changed, slightly reduces the space after the 'r's' and sliced the top of the 't' to match the angle of the 'C'

[Ralf Herrmann]

19 minutes ago, Wouter De Boeck said:

and sliced the top of the 't' to match the angle of the 'C'

I wouldn’t do that. It feels out of place, since those angular stroke ends are nowhere else in the visible lowercase letters. 

[Riccardo Sartori]

On 12/1/2016 at 3:30 PM, Wouter De Boeck said:

Could it also be that we know the wordshape of the word curator, and that we don't expect the extra 'r' in there, so it looks off because of that?

That surely can add to the dissonance.

On 15/1/2016 at 10:00 AM, Ralf Herrmann said:

I wouldn’t do that. It feels out of place, since those angular stroke ends are nowhere else in the visible lowercase letters. 

But at least it introduces some correlation between the |C| and the lowercase. Besides, it’s fairly common for the |t| to have a “steep roof” even when other letters show less acute angles.