In typography, kerning (less commonly mortising) is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result. Kerning adjusts the space between individual letter forms, while tracking (letter-spacing) adjusts spacing uniformly over a range of characters. In a well-kerned font, th...
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The space between letters which adjusts proportionally depending on the relationship between letters.
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• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kern
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this refers to the spacing between individual pairs of characters - to improve the look of printed text, certain character pairs need to be printed closer together than others - it can also refer to shifting characters up or down relative to one another
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The adjustment of horizontal space between individual characters in a line of text. Adjustments in kerning are especially important in large display and headline text lines. Without kerning adjustments, many letter combinations can look awkward. The objective of kerning is to create visually equal spaces between all letters so that the eye can move...
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The adjustment of the lateral space between letters.
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Spacing between the letters of a word.
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Tightening the space between letters
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The adjustment of spacing between certain letter pairs, A and V for example, to obtain a more pleasing appearance.
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Kerning refers to the horizontal space between individual pairs of letters (a kerning pair), and is used to correct spacing problems in specific letter combinations. Well-spaced fonts need comparatively less kerning pairs. Fonts that are properly kerned appear evenly spaced without large open gaps of white space between any two characters.
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Adjustment of horizontal space between two written characters.
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The process of adjusting the space between individual letters of a word.
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Tightening the space between letters.
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A way of setting printed type so that adjacent characters appear to overlap, reducing the amount of horizontal space they require.
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Adjusting the horizontal spacing between letters.
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Technique of altering the spacing between letters. On very large typefaces, when two letters are placed adjacent, text can look over-spaced. This effect increases with font size. Kerning allows letters to overlap slightly without touching in order to reduce the amount of space in between them. Kerning is not normally needed below 16-point t...
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The narrowing of space between two letters so that they become closer and take up less space on the page.
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the setting of two letters closer together than is usual by removing space between them.
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