"kerning" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɝnɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈkɜːnɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: kernings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ Etymology: From kern (“part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter”) + -ing, from French carne (“corner”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|kern|-ing|gloss1=part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter|id1=letter}} kern (“part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter”) + -ing, {{der|en|fr|carne|gloss=corner}} French carne (“corner”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kerning (countable and uncountable, plural kernings)
  1. (typography) The adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs in a typeface. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Typography Related terms: tracking Translations (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs): interlletratge (Catalan), 字偶距調節 (Chinese Mandarin), 字偶距调节 (zì'ǒujù tiáojié) (Chinese Mandarin), overhang (Dutch), parivälistys (Finnish), kirjainparivälistys (Finnish), välistys (Finnish), crénage [masculine] (French), Unterschneidung [feminine] (German), egalizálás (Hungarian), alávágás (Hungarian), betűköz-igazítás (Hungarian), coirneáil [feminine] (Irish), crenatura [feminine] (Italian), whakatata pū (Maori), entreletra compensada [feminine] (Portuguese), compensação [feminine] (Portuguese), espaçamento entreletras compensado [masculine] (Portuguese), espacejamento entreletras compensado [masculine] (Portuguese), kerning [masculine] (Portuguese), cranaje (Spanish), interletraje (Spanish), cran [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-kerning-en-noun-l9GGv1s4 Topics: media, publishing, typography

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɝnɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈkɜːnɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ Etymology: From kern (“part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter”) + -ing, from French carne (“corner”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|kern|-ing|gloss1=part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter|id1=letter}} kern (“part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter”) + -ing, {{der|en|fr|carne|gloss=corner}} French carne (“corner”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} kerning
  1. present participle and gerund of kern Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: kern
    Sense id: en-kerning-en-verb-Av9innFk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 22 78

Inflected forms

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