Kerning

//ˈkɝnɪŋ//

Synonyms for "kerning" (16 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Strong matches (4)

Related words (8)

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Translations

23 translations across 13 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries
  • interlletratge noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 字偶距調節 /字偶距调节 noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)

Dutch

1 entries
  • overhang noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kirjainparivälistys noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)
  • parivälistys noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)
  • välistys noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)

French

1 entries
  • crénage noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)

German

1 entries
  • Unterschneidung noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • alávágás noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)
  • betűköz-igazítás noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)
  • egalizálás noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kerning noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)

Irish

1 entries
  • coirneáil noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)

Italian

1 entries
  • crenatura noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakatata pū noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • compensação noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)
  • entreletra compensada noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)
  • espacejamento entreletras compensado noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)
  • espaçamento entreletras compensado noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)

Spanish

3 entries
  • cran noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)
  • cranaje noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)
  • interletraje noun (adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The bad kerning on that button makes the phrase "click here" look like something much more vulgar.

Source: tatoeba (10259303)

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