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title: "Smelvetica, Helvetica for your worst enemies"
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published_at: "2018-09-11T22:55:54+00:00"
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# Smelvetica, Helvetica for your worst enemies

[Link →](https://github.com/tholman/smelvetica/)

[Tim Holmann](http://tholman.com/) hat eine Variante von Helvetica mit extrem schlechtem [Kerning](https://www.typolexikon.de/kerning/) _in Umlauf gebracht_:

![](https://eay.cc/uploads/2018/smelvetica.png)

> Smelvetica is a craftily edited version of the infamously robust Helvetica. The kerning has been specially altered, to be … well, bad, terrible, awful and painful.