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kerning

In proportional spacing, the tightening of space between letters to create a visually appealing flow to the text. Letter combinations, such as WA, MW and TA, are routinely kerned for better appearance. See tracking.

kerning [′kərn·iŋ]
(graphic arts)
Adjusting the spacing between certain letters during typesetting so that part of each letter overhangs adjacent letters.
(text)kerning - The process of reducing the spacing between certain pairs of letters to improve their appearance. When a font is created, each character is given a width that includes some space around it so that the letters don't run into each other when displayed or printed. This can be thought of as an invisible box around each character. Some pairs of characters such as A and V, look better if the boxes overlap slightly, bringing the characters closer together (but still not touching).

See also tracking, leading.


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