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14:54 Oct 29, 2009

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Tech/Engineering - Printing & Publishing
Additional field(s): Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)

English term or phrase: kerning

Definition from FontShop USA:
Kerning refers to the horizontal space between individual pairs of letters (a kerning pair). Fonts that are properly kerned appear evenly spaced without large open gaps of white space between characters.

Example sentence(s):

Optical kerning adjusts the spacing between adjacent characters based on their shapes. Some fonts include robust kern-pair specifications. However, when a font includes only minimal built-in kerning or none at all, or if you use two different typefaces or sizes in one or more words on a line, you may want to use the optical kerning option. Adobe.com
In the digital typefaces used today, the space between letters is controlled by a table of kerning pairs, which specify spaces between different letter combinations. Princeton Architectural Press
The amount of empty space between letter pairs 'wants' to be equal, and that's the goal of hand kerning your type. Your mind reads the words your eyes see. When there is visual and spatial continuity between all the objects (letters) it's easier to read, the better things look, and the more you can concentrate on the meaning of the words, rather than the minute 'visual hitches' that are created by poor kerning. coolhomepages.com - Tim Donahue

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кернінг

Nadiia and Vatslav Yehurnovy

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кернінг

Definition from Вікіпедія:
процес зміни розмірів міжбуквених пропусків (інтервалів) між сусідніми буквами для поліпшення зовнішнього вигляду і легкості у читанні тексту.

Example sentence(s):

Кернінг є процесом збільшення або зменшення відстані між конкретними парами символів. - Про кернінг та трекін�
Кернінг (нім. Kern) – вибіркова зміна міжлітерного інтервалу. - Лабораторна робота №2
Щоб міжзнакові інтервали змінювалися в залежності від шрифту тексту, установіть прапорець Кернінг для знаків розміром. - Зміна міжзнакового ін

Explanation:
Дякуємо boar за підтвердження російською мовою. На жаль, більш нативного загальновживаного варіанту, здається, не існує.

Nadiia and Vatslav Yehurnovy
Ukraine
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