What does kern mean?
Kern means (obsolete or dialect) A corn; grain; kernel..
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/kɜːn/ · noun
(obsolete or dialect) A corn; grain; kernel..
A few types have a portion of the face letter projecting over the body, as in the letter f ; this projection is called the kern, and in combination with other letters the projecting part generally extends over the next letter, as in fe. In those combinations, wherein the kern would come in contact with another letter, compound types are cast, as in the case of ff, fi, fl, ffi, ffl.
If you need to kern anything beyond the most commonly used pairs, you can use applications software such as Adobe PageMaker to customize pairs.
Especially consider kerning if you are printing on a relatively high-resolution printer, such as a 600-dpi (dots per inch) laser printer.
Remember, the goal of kerning is to make letter pairs look natural, not necessarily to minimize letterspaces.
You should kern letter pairs when spacing between characters is too wide or too narrow.
O then belike she was old and gentle; and you rode like a kern of Ireland, your French hose off and in your strait strossers.
‘O haste thee, and from Allan learn / If thou mayst trust yon wily kern.’
There he entertained Shan O'Neil, a famous, turbulent chief from Ireland, who late in this year visited Elizabeth's Court, where his train of kerns and gallowglasses, clothed in linen kilts dyed with saffron, made a great impression.
Use kern when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kern means (obsolete or dialect) A corn; grain; kernel..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A few types have a portion of the face letter projecting over the body, as in the letter f ; this projection is called the kern, and in combination with other letters the projecting part generally extends over the next letter, as in fe. In those combinations, wherein the kern would come in contact with another letter, compound types are cast, as in the case of ff, fi, fl, ffi, ffl.
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