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The adjustment of spacing between pairs of letters in words. Usually defined by the font family. Kerning creates letter forms similar to ligatures when the letters are pushed together until they are touching. Kerning is a form of micro whitespace that allows you to control the legibility of text on Web pages.

Pronunciation: ker ning • (noun)
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