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Google Kerning Easter Egg Plays Tricks With Typography

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Google UK’s Peter Far found an Easter Egg designed specifically for hardcore typography fans.

If you search for [kerning] in one tab, and [typography kerning] in another, you’ll notice a little extra space between the lettering on the [kerning] search results page.

Search Engine Land’s Barry Schwartz put together the following animated image to show the Easter egg in action:

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It’s hard-to-spot, but should prove entertaining for those who have spent the last few days griping on their social networks about how many spaces should be included after a period.

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Amy Gesenhues
Amy Gesenhues was a senior editor for Third Door Media, covering the latest news and updates for Search Engine Land, MarTech and MarTech Today. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed to a variety of traditional and online publications, including MarketingProfs, SoftwareCEO, and Sales and Marketing Management Magazine. Read more of Amy's articles.