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Pronunciation / Transliteration: karning
"ग्राफिक डिज़ाइन में कर्निग बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है।"
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The adjustment of space between characters in a proportional font, especially to achieve a visually pleasing result.
"Good kerning is essential for a professional-looking logo design."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French word 'carne', meaning a projection or corner, combined with the English gerund suffix '-ing'. Historically developed in traditional metal typesetting, where typesetters would file down the metal body of a type piece to make characters fit closer together. In the digital typography era, it evolved to describe the specific adjustment of space between individual character pairs.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Kerning" is said worldwide
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kerning
Transliteration: kerning
"Le kerning de ce titre doit être ajusté."
Kernung
Transliteration: Kernung
"Die Kernung zwischen diesen beiden Buchstaben ist zu weit."
crenatura
Transliteration: crenatura
"La crenatura migliora la leggibilità del testo."
kernign
Transliteration: kernign
"El kernign en este título es incorrecto."
kernagem
Transliteration: kernagem
"A kernagem ajusta o espaço entre as letras."
कर्निग
Transliteration: karning
"ग्राफिक डिज़ाइन में कर्निग बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है।"
字间距微调
Transliteration: zì jiān jù wēi tiáo
"这个字体的字间距微调做得很好。"
자간 조절
Transliteration: jagan jojeol
"로고 디자인에서 자간 조절은 매우 중요합니다."
カーニング
Transliteration: kāningu
"見出しのカーニングを細かく調整する。"
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