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Word: Kern
Speech Type: Verb
late 17th century: perhaps from French carne ‘corner’, from Latin cardo, cardin- ‘hinge’
kəːn
adjust the spacing between (characters) in a piece of text to be printed
Short Definition:adjust spacing between characters in piece of text
Examples:- please kern the double underscores in the code below
provide (metal type or a printed character) with a kern
Short Definition:provide metal type or printed character with kern
Examples:- sometimes display type is kerned
Word: Kern
Speech Type: Noun
kəːn
the part of a metal type projecting beyond the body or shank, or a part of a printed character that overlaps its neighbours.
Short Definition:part of metal type projecting beyond body or shank
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