kerning
Meanings
noun
- The adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs in a typeface.
verb
- present participle and gerund of kern
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From kern (“part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter”) + -ing, from French carne (“corner”).
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