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[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 99 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Damnit, I'm going to see this everywhere now, aren't I?

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 56 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Is kerning the spacing between letters?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Between any typographical characters, but yeah, basically 🙂

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

It's the visual spacing between letters, which usually involves some letters that have curves or corners to actually not strictly follow the spacing. For example the legs of the letter A might stick out a tiny bit in certain fonts. This gives text a more visually balanced kerning.