Re: Off Subject

[Wing Wong <buyer1342@saladlove.com>]

Hi Force,

http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=kerning

Kern(n):
The portion of a typeface that projects beyond the body or shank
of a character.

Kerning(v):
To provide (type) with a kern.

Hope that helps.

Wing.

On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Orel Beckford wrote:

> Hi Guys & Dolls
> 
> Sorry about the off subject, just a common knowledge
> question.  Does anyone know what the term Kern or
> Kerning means the term is used when dealing with
> fonts,  I've seen it in MS Word and I don't know what
> it is and can see any changes to text when using it.
> 
> Tanks
> Force
>   
> 
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