plural kernings
1
typography
: the act or result of kerning characters
Good kerning can enhance a font's appearance.
2
typography
: the distance between a kerned pair of adjacent characters in a line of composed text
increased the kerning between the f and the period
a kerning of +100
Adobe typefaces tend to have between 500 and 1000 kerning pairs. The … font that you downloaded for free from the Web may not have any.—
Nigel French
Nigel French
broadly
: letterspacing, tracking
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“Kerning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kerning. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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