Quite the opposite, actually. http://i.imgur.com/bKBcIyX.jpg [1]
[1] https://design.google.com/articles/evolving-the-google-ident...
[1] https://design.google.com/articles/evolving-the-google-ident...
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.