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kern¹ Definition

kern (kʉrn)

noun

that part of the face of a printed character which projects beyond the body

Etymology: Fr carne, projecting angle, hinge < dial. form of OFr charne, a hinge, corner, edge < L cardo (gen. cardinis), a hinge: see cardinal

transitive verb

to put a kern on (a printed character)

kern² Definition

kern (kʉrn)

noun

  1. Archaic a medieval Irish or Scottish foot soldier armed with light weapons
  2. an Irish peasant

Etymology: ME kerne < OIr ceitern, band of soldiers, soldier; akin to Gael ceathairne, common people

Kern Definition

Kern (kʉrn)

Kern, Jerome (David) 1885-1945; U.S. composer

kern Usage Examples

Object

  • information: The horizontal spacing is handled by POV-Ray internally including any kerning information stored in the font.
  • pair: Print samples of characters, keyboard layouts, and kerning pairs for future reference.
  • value: If the kerning values are good, then no worries.

Modifying Another Word

no: The lowercase i is correctly undotted, but there is an elongated dot on lowercase j. There is no kerning.