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    Kern
    /kərn/

    verb

    • 1. adjust the spacing between (letters or characters) in a piece of text to be printed: "please kern the double underscores in the code below"
    • 2. design (metal type) with a projecting part beyond the body or shank: "sometimes display type is kerned"

    noun

    • 1. the part of a metal type projecting beyond its body or shank.