kerning

English

Etymology

From kern (“part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter”) +‎ -ing, from French carne (“corner”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kerning (countable and uncountable, plural kernings)

  1. (typography) The adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs in a typeface.

Usage notes

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.

Translations

Verb

kerning

  1. present participle and gerund of kern

Further reading

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