Kerning

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kern \Kern\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kerned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Kerning}. ] (Type Founding)
     To form with a kern. See 2d {Kern}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:



  kerning
       
           The process of reducing the spacing between certain
          pairs of letters to improve their appearance.  When a {font}
          is created, each {character} is given a width that includes
          some space around it so that the letters don't run into each
          other when displayed or printed.  This can be thought of as an
          invisible box around each character.  Some pairs of characters
          such as A and V, look better if the boxes overlap slightly,
          bringing the characters closer together (but still not
          touching).
       
          See also {tracking}, {leading}.
       
          (1996-06-07)