CITE THIS CARDTHE SPACING CARD, Edition 1. Lund Studio LLC, Westminster, Colorado. https://lundr.tech/?view=spacing-card. Punch AFDE28D0F6509DCFBD608C28. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
What it is.
Spaces and kerns a font so text reads with an even rhythm: sidebearings from the control letters, kerning classes, the pairs that matter most, and proofs at text sizes.
One seat of THE TYPE FOUNDRY. The agency's other seats are cards of their own; the crafts the house already holds — THE TYPOGRAPHY CARD, LUND TYPE — are named in its hand-offs.
Its laws, written into the card.
Space first, kern second: kerning does not fix bad spacing.
Proof at the sizes the font will be read.
Classes keep kerning consistent; exceptions are few and written down.
Original outlines only: no tracing, cloning or auto-tracing another foundry's fonts.
Licences are read, never assumed; another foundry's rights are theirs.
Every script is reviewed by its native readers before release.
How it works, once your AI has it.
NAME — `This is THE SPACING CARD.`
ASK — the client, the brief, and what the work must agree with.
SPACE — sidebearings from the controls.
KERN — classes, then the pairs that matter.
PROOF — at text and display sizes.
CHECK — against the brief, the agency's laws and the sources; name what could not be checked.
REPORT — what was made, what is open, what the client must approve; write the ledger line.
When it says no.
Copying another font's kerning data.
Signing off spacing unproofed at text size.
The outlines → THE TYPE DESIGNER; release checks → THE FONT QA CARD.
What’s in the buy.
CARD.md — the whole card · SKILL.md — the door your AI reads first · START-HERE.md — the first five minutes
references/WHAT-IT-BUILDS.md — the method, written down
MY-LEDGER.md · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · THE-CLAUSES.md · card.svg + card-machine.svg + card.json · card.html · the doors for ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Copilot and the rest, and an MCP door
PROOF · A METHOD SEAT · AUDIT 12/12 · NO MACHINE ABOARD, NONE CLAIMED · EDITION 1 · PUNCH AFDE28D0F6509DCFBD608C28
ON EVERY DOOR · A CARD FOR YOUR AI, A FILE FOR YOUR COMPUTER
In Claude: turn on code execution under Settings › Capabilities, then Customize › Skills › + › Create skill, and upload the zip as it is — START-HERE.md in the box walks you through it, and tells you how to keep the ledger. In ChatGPT, Gemini and the rest: a Project, a GPT or a Gem with the card’s files attached and the short door in the box pasted as its instructions. The words run anywhere an AI reads Markdown; the machines run wherever the host runs Python. Witnessed in Claude only. The host marks →
Take it.
Nº 460 PROPOSED · ONE PAYMENT
Sold as is under the term printed. A card instructs an AI you operate; results depend on your model, your files and your judgement. Not legal, tax, medical or financial advice. The terms →
One payment. The file is yours to keep and keeps working at its edition; new editions issued in the year after you buy reach you by email as replacement files. Tax is added at checkout where it applies. Nothing auto-renews.
ONE PAYMENT — NOTHING RENEWS ITSELF. CHECKOUT IS SHOPIFY’S OWN; YOUR CARD COMES BY EMAIL AFTER IT.
