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Nov 27, 2016 5:01 PM UTC
Question

Problem with the apostrophe in Minion Pro regular

Is there somebody as encounter an apostrophe kerning problem using Minion Pro. On my side that's a big problem. The apostrophe with eacute “é” and “e” is so tight that’s cause an huge problem. I know that's a known issue, and lots of post had already discussed about it. But, I did not found yet a solution. Is Adobe has plan to update Minion Pro?. Any help will be welcome. Thanks in advance. André

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andres70122810
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Jan 31, 2018 7:53 PM UTC

I finally found a way to solve this problem. As suggested by Ellis, I switch to a Optical Kerning and I change the  spacing letter to -10. Everything is well set.

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Marvest
Inspiring
Nov 27, 2016 10:16 PM UTC

Switching Kerning from Metric to Optical takes care of the problem but I don't know if that will cause any issues to your workflow.

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Nov 28, 2016 1:00 PM UTC

I've already try that, but for me is not a good way. In that case, the letter spacing is to loose. It would be good for a small text but not for a 150 pages document. Do an individual apostrophe kerning is not a good way either, because we have over thousand apostrophe in the document. I also know the problem come from the font itself. The kerning is too tight between apostrophe and “é,e”. Best of all, would be that Adobe  release a corrected update. In the meantime, I try to find a solution. Thanks for you answer.

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jmlevy
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Community Expert
Jan 11, 2017 1:51 PM UTC

Do you use this typeface with InDesign? You could set up GREP styles to automatically apply the right kerning, or best use the script that Peter Kahrel wrote:

http://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/kern.html

There is a link to download the script at the bottom of the page.

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