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Definition of Kern
1. Verb. Furnish with a kern.
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply
2. Noun. United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945).
3. Verb. Remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters).
4. Noun. The part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body.
Definition of Kern
1. n. A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt.
2. n. A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.
3. v. t. To form with a kern. See 2d Kern.
4. n. A churn.
5. n. A hand mill. See Quern.
6. v. i. To harden, as corn in ripening.
7. n. Kernel; corn; grain.
Definition of Kern
1. Noun. (archaic or historical) A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; ''in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt''. ¹
2. Noun. (context: hot metal printing typography) any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter. ¹
3. Verb. (typography particularly proportional font printing) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs); to perform such adjustments to a portion of text, according to preset rules. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kern
1. to be formed with a projecting typeface [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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