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kern¹

also kerne K0041000 (kûrn)n.1. A medieval Scottish or Irish foot soldier.2. A loutish person.

[Middle English kerne, from Middle Irish ceithern, ceithernn, band of soldiers, from Old Irish.]

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K0041000 (kûrn) Printing n. The portion of a typeface that projects beyond the body or shank of a character.tr.v. kerned, kern·ing, kerns 1. To provide (type) with a kern.2. To adjust space between (characters) in typeset text.

[French carne, corner, from Old North French, from Latin cardō, cardin-, hinge.]

kerning

(ˈkɜːnɪŋ) n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing the adjustment of space between the letters of words to improve the appearance of printed text

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kerning

[′kərn·iŋ] (graphic arts) Adjusting the spacing between certain letters during typesetting so that part of each letter overhangs adjacent letters.

kerning

(text)The process of reducing the spacing between certainpairs of letters to improve their appearance. When a fontis created, each character is given a width that includessome space around it so that the letters don't run into eachother when displayed or printed. This can be thought of as aninvisible box around each character. Some pairs of characterssuch as A and V, look better if the boxes overlap slightly,bringing the characters closer together (but still nottouching).

See also tracking, leading.

kerning

In proportional spacing, the tightening of white space between letters to create a visually appealing flow to the text. Due to the slanted vertical lines in two-letter combinations such as AW, WA and TA, kerning reduces the white space between them for a better appearance. See proportional spacing and tracking.

Kerned Characters

Note the vertical red lines. Not only is there no additional white space between the letters, they actually overlap into each other's space. Kerning is not used on monospaced fonts.

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