Definition of "kern"
- noun
A corn; grain; kernel.
Any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter.
A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt.
Alternative form of quern.
- verb
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.
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