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- Dictionarykern/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.
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