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   kern

   /kəːn/

   verb

   • 1. adjust the spacing between (characters) in a piece of text to be printed: "please kern the double underscores in the code below"
   • 2. provide (metal type or a printed character) with a kern: "sometimes display type is kerned"

   noun

   • 1. the part of a metal type projecting beyond the body or shank, or a part of a printed character that overlaps its neighbours.

   Word Origin late 17th century: perhaps from French carne ‘corner’, from Latin cardo, cardin- ‘hinge’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • K

     5

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • N

     1

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