kern
verb
[ kəːn ]
• adjust the spacing between (characters) in a piece of text to be printed.
• "please kern the double underscores in the code below"
• provide (metal type or a printed character) with a kern.
• "sometimes display type is kerned"
kern
noun
• the part of a metal type projecting beyond the body or shank, or a part of a printed character that overlaps its neighbours.
Origin:
late 17th century: perhaps from French carne ‘corner’, from Latin cardo, cardin- ‘hinge’.
kern
noun
• a light-armed Irish foot soldier.
• a peasant; a rustic.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Irish ceithearn, from Old Irish ceithern ‘band of foot soldiers’.
