How to properly implement a kerning generated code

Question

I have a situation trying to implement into the <header>, a logotext using kerning technique, with this simple but very handy tool made by Mr.Andrew (special thanks).

Before the modification, I had this <header> section in header.php:

...
        <!-- Start Header -->

        <header class="header row no-padding <?php echo $header_style; ?>" data-equal=">.columns" role="banner">

            <div class="small-7 medium-4 columns logo<?php if ($header_style == 'style1') { ?> show-for-large-up<?php } ?>">

                <?php if ($header_style == 'style2') { ?>

                    <a class="logotext" href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>"

                    title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>"

                    rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?>

                    </a>

                <?php } ?>

            </div>

            <?php if ($header_style != 'style2') { ?>

            <div class="small-7 medium-4 columns logo">

                <?php if ($header_style == 'style1') { ?>

                    <a class="logotext" href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>"

                    title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>"

                    rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?>

                    </a>

                <?php } ?>

            </div>

            <?php } ?>

            <div class="small-5 <?php if ($header_style == 'style2') { echo 'medium-8'; } else { echo 'medium-4';} ?> columns menu-holder">

                <?php $full_menu_true = ($menu_mobile_toggle_view == 'style2' && $header_style == 'style2');?>

                <?php if ($full_menu_true) { ?>

                    <nav id="full-menu" role="navigation">

                        <?php if ($page_menu) { ?>

                            <?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'menu' => $page_menu, 'depth' => 2, 'container' => false, 'menu_class' => 'full-menu', 'walker' => new thb_mobileDropdown  ) ); ?>

                        <?php } else  if(has_nav_menu('nav-menu')) { ?>

                          <?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'nav-menu', 'depth' => 2, 'container' => false, 'menu_class' => 'full-menu', 'walker' => new thb_mobileDropdown ) ); ?>

                        <?php } else { ?>

                            <ul class="full-menu">

                                <li><a href="<?php echo get_admin_url().'nav-menus.php'; ?>">Please assign a menu from Appearance -> Menus</a></li>

                            </ul>

                        <?php } ?>

                    </nav>

                <?php } ?>

                <?php if ($header_search != 'off') { do_action( 'thb_quick_search' ); } ?>

                <?php if ($header_cart != 'off') { do_action( 'thb_quick_cart' ); } ?>

                <a href="#" data-target="open-menu" class="mobile-toggle<?php if (!$full_menu_true) { ?> always<?php } ?>">

                    <div>

                        <span></span><span></span><span></span>

                    </div>

                </a>

            </div>

        </header>

        <!-- End Header -->
...

using the generated kerning code, I was tried (and please correct me if it's a bad approach for php coding):

...
        <!-- Start Header -->
    <header class="header row no-padding <?php echo $header_style; ?>" data-equal=">.columns" role="banner">                        
        <div class="row max_width ">
            <div class="small-7 medium-4 columns logo<?php if ($header_style == 'style1') { ?> show-for-large-up<?php } ?>">
                <?php if ($header_style == 'style2') { ?>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -18px;">n</span>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -17px;">e</span>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -18.5px;">u</span>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -13px;">e</span>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -23.5px;">g</span>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -7px;">r</span>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -19px;">i</span>
                    <span class="logotext">d</span>
                <?php } ?>
            </div>          
        </div>              
                <?php if ($header_style != 'style2') { ?>                       
        <div class="row max_width ">            
            <div class="small-7 medium-4 columns logo">
                <?php if ($header_style == 'style1') { ?>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -18px;">n</span>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -17px;">e</span>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -18.5px;">u</span>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -13px;">e</span>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -23.5px;">g</span>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -7px;">r</span>
                    <span class="logotext" style="letter-spacing: -19px;">i</span>
                    <span class="logotext">d</span>
                <?php } ?>
            </div>          
        </div>  
    <?php } ?>                      
        <div class="row max_width ">        
            <div class="small-5 <?php if ($header_style == 'style2') { echo 'medium-8'; } else { echo 'medium-4';} ?> columns menu-holder">
                <?php $full_menu_true = ($menu_mobile_toggle_view == 'style2' && $header_style == 'style2');?>
                <?php if ($full_menu_true) { ?>
                    <nav id="full-menu" role="navigation">
                        <?php if ($page_menu) { ?>
                            <?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'menu' => $page_menu, 'depth' => 2, 'container' => false, 'menu_class' => 'full-menu', 'walker' => new thb_mobileDropdown  ) ); ?>
                        <?php } else  if(has_nav_menu('nav-menu')) { ?>
                          <?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'nav-menu', 'depth' => 2, 'container' => false, 'menu_class' => 'full-menu', 'walker' => new thb_mobileDropdown ) ); ?>
                        <?php } else { ?>
                            <ul class="full-menu">
                                <li><a href="<?php echo get_admin_url().'nav-menus.php'; ?>">Please assign a menu from Appearance -> Menus</a></li>
                            </ul>
                        <?php } ?>
                    </nav>
                <?php } ?>
                <?php if ($header_search != 'off') { do_action( 'thb_quick_search' ); } ?>
                <?php if ($header_cart != 'off') { do_action( 'thb_quick_cart' ); } ?>
                <a href="#" data-target="open-menu" class="mobile-toggle<?php if (!$full_menu_true) { ?> always<?php } ?>">
                    <div>
                        <span></span><span></span><span></span>
                    </div>
                </a>
            </div>          
        </div>  
    </header>
    <!-- End Header -->
...

Now, not so sure why, the result looks as it should in Chrome but in IE11/Firefox the letters are scrambled somehow in vertical position.

Any thoughts?

LE: with all due respect, I have to reconsider the answer validation because the sugestion doesn't help to have a solution properly implemented, It looks ok in Chrome but in IE/Firefox the Kerning values (the main subject of this question) it doesn't have any effect.

Hope you don't mind guys, but I still need an answer to close this question having the right solution for me and other people that will deal with this issue in the future. If I didn't understand right the implementation steps, it will be ok to have an answer more specific with real examples, I'm not lazy, just a pure noob (I already mentioned in my posts).Thanks.

Answer 1

The issue is that your .logo div is constrained to 33% width because it also has the .medium-4 class.

IE and Firefox are actually handling this correctly. For whatever reason, chrome is letting the content exceed the specified width of the container; this has something to do with the display attribute for .logo being set to table.

The solution is to remove the medium-4 (and small-7) classes and either use the correct scaffolding classes or define the width in your CSS.