About the room

My work sits where design and code overlap. I draw the type system, then I build it: the scale, the spacing, the colours, the grid, and the CSS that keeps them consistent when a site grows past the pages anyone designed.

Kerning is the space between two specific letters, adjusted by hand so a word reads evenly. It is the most fiddly job in setting type and the one nobody notices when it is done well. That seemed like the right name for a notebook about the details that make reading comfortable.

The notes are practical. Each starts from a decision I have had to make on a real project, explains the reasoning, and gives the code I would use. The studies are where I test that reasoning on my own text before I recommend it. When a note turns out to be wrong, I correct it in place and say what changed.

The site follows its own advice where it can: one serif, a short type scale, a 58-character reading column, every colour pairing checked for contrast. No analytics, no cookies, no comments. Email is the way to reply.

Kerning RoomIndependent designer and front-end developer