noun
- the adjustment of spacing between individual letters or characters in typography to improve visual appearance
Usage: typography; printing
Examples
- The designer adjusted the kerning between the letters to make the headline more readable.
- Poor kerning can make text look uneven and unprofessional.
- The font required manual kerning to fix the spacing between certain letter pairs.
- Modern word processors automatically handle basic kerning for most fonts.
- Typography students learn about kerning as part of their design training.
- The kerning between ‘A’ and ‘V’ needed to be tightened in the logo.