Definitions For Kerning

Verb

{{present participle of, en, kern, nocat=1}}

Noun

KERNING. (countable and uncountable, plural KERNINGs) (typography) The adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs in a typeface.

Usage notes

kerning, Kerning and tracking are sometimes confused; the latter refers to the uniform adjustment of letterspacing for a whole unit of text, while kerning relates to the spacing between two individual glyphs.

Related terms

tracking

Translations

Catalan: interlletratge Dutch: overhang Finnish: parivälistys, kirjainparivälistys, välistys French: crénage, m German: Unterschneidung, f Hungarian: egalizálás, alávágás Italian: crenatura, f Maori: whakatata pū Portuguese: entreletra, f Spanish: cranaje, interletraje

Etymology

from kern , -ing , id1=letter , gloss1=part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter, from {{der , en , fr , carne , gloss=corner}}.