Simplify Your Type Design with a Free Kerning Pairs Generator

Let’s be honest: setting up proofing strings is the most tedious part of the type design process. When you are deep in the zone trying to balance left and right side-bearings, the last thing you want to do is manually type out endless lines of control and test characters just to check your optical rhythm.

Recently, one of my absolute favorite online kerning generators suddenly went offline, leaving a huge hole in my workflow. Inspired by that classic tool, I decided to build my own version right here on the site—but this time, with Greek characters, accents, and Cyrillic already built in from the start!

Meet the free Kerning Pairs Generator.

I designed this tool specifically to make our lives easier. Whether you are kerning basic Latin, balancing complex Greek diacritics, or expanding into Cyrillic, this generator instantly builds your proofing texts so you can get back to the fun part of designing.

Here is what it does:

Instant Character Sets: One-click shortcuts drop in full Latin, Greek (with accents), Cyrillic, Numbers, and Punctuation sets. No more hunting for missing glyphs.

Standard Typography Rhythms: Toggle between continuous (ABAACA) or spaced (ABA ACA) strings to properly evaluate your rhythm and sidebearings against your control characters.

One-Click Export: Hit generate, click “Copy Text,” and drop the perfectly formatted strings directly into your Glyphs edit view.

It is completely free to use, runs instantly in your browser, and will always be right here when you need to test a new font file.

Try the Kerning Pairs Generator!

I’d love to know what you think of it, and if there are any other specific character sets or scripts you’d like to see added in the future. Happy kerning!