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ZeLonewolf
Road label kerning on curved roads
Road name labels appear to be designed to follow road curves. This provides a nice effect, unless the road is too sharply curved. Then there can be strange gaps between and/or letters which appear to "collide" with their adjacent letters. Examples (all taken from here):
National Blvd, which turns 90 degrees at this intersection. Note d in Boulevard turns sideways:
Duxbury Circle, note large gaps between b and u, r and y, and r and c:
Dannyhill Drive, letters run into each other:
Potentially related (though it can also be spun off to a separate issue if appropriate), at similar zoom levels (z just above 14), adjacent road labels sometimes appear to collide. See here:
Niantic Avenue and Willits Street:
Bruno Avenue and Mission Street:
