kerning
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- noun
- /ˈkɜrnɪŋ/
- Specialized
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interletraje
- Meanwhile, the team's Facebook page has the new wordmark, which features breathtakingly poor kerning.
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The careful eye of a good typographer, who carefully places type, watches the kerning and leading, and uses visual hierarchy to lead the eye in a manner that best puts the desired message across, cannot be matched by an amateur with a good Mac.
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That's why Paul said the kerning was breathtakingly poor.
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And the kerning is exactly the same.
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You know it's it's got good kerning and it's been bound well.
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Has anyone verified the kerning on those SEC reports?
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Kerning, leading, and tracking are basic actions that you can perform on the micro level to enhance design.
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The serifs and kerning on this note don't match Mom and Dad's handwriting at all
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Critiques ranged from snarky shots at the design to kerning considerations and accusations of how horrible design has destroyed society.
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Regardless of familiarity with it or not, there’s no excuse for not recognizing the sheer weirdness of their work and applying a little bit of kerning.
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The designer focused on the kerning between letters to ensure that the text was easy to read.
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- Jargon
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Morphology
Etymology
Kerning (noun) comes from an old printers' word kern for the small part of a metal letter that 'stuck out'; printers would move or shave that bit so letters could sit closer. So, kerning today means adjusting the space between letters to make text look neat and easy to read.