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Quite the opposite, actually. http://i.imgur.com/bKBcIyX.jpg [1]

[1] https://design.google.com/articles/evolving-the-google-ident...

Yes, I said "optical" spacing. Not real spacing.

The link you provide is interesting. However, any technical explanation doesn't solve the optical illusion that the last three letters appear to be closer together than the first three letters.

Yes – that’s why normally you use serif fonts and modify the width of the strokes dynamically. Also the reason why the old 'o's were tilted.

Ironically, the "Goo" spacing is actually about 25% narrower that that between the "gle" characters

That's really a problem with the word "Google", which has round open shapes in the first half, and then a tighter second half. Perhaps "Googol" would have been better?

Or perhaps G∞gle...

Odd. I had the exact opposite response. To me, the "GOO" spacing seemed uncomfortably narrow and the L seemed disconnected from the G and E.