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| kern [ kurn ] |
noun (plural kerns) |
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part of character: the part of a typographical character that projects beyond its body
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verb (past and past participle kerned, present participle kern·ing, 3rd person present singular kerns) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb bring printing type together: to eliminate white space between adjacent printed letters that may appear too widely separated on a line
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2. transitive verb overlap adjacent characters: to join adjacent printed characters, or make them overlap
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| [Late 17th century. Via French carne "corner" < Latin cardin- "hinge"] |
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