[jjd-uk]

@jjd-uk
kerning is the spacing between letters. And with the |< version to me it visually looks like the wording consists of 5 letters instead of 4 (space between | and < is almost identical to the space between the other letters). So at least to me the < belongs more to the O visually then to the | (because the upper/lower whitespace between | and < seems bigger than between < and O) which results in | <O D |

Personally I'd prefer sam kept the gap and it's always read as as K to me, but I guess the test would be to try it someone who has no idea what it is supposed to spell, if an issue then I'd still like to see the smallest of gaps, or if they must touch then only have the very tip of the < touching as in




So no overlap between | and < in order that they are still distinct shapes but only touching.