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verb kəːnkərn [with object]Printing 1usually as noun kerningAdjust the spacing between (characters) in a piece of text to be printed. （在待印文本中）调整（铅字或字符的）间距 there was not facility for accurate kerning on a global basis Example sentencesExamples - Cease any talk of font analysis, kerning, superscripts or anything else of a typographical nature.
- The typesetting shows problems as well, and the kerning and word-spacing in some lines is so awkward as to render the line almost unreadable.
- Although, I am pleased and happily surprised that words like superscript, subscript, proportionally spaced fonts, kerning, etc. are being used in the mainstream media, I don't believe anyone is really listening.
- You know the arguments over the superscript, the kerning, the proportional spacing.
2Provide (metal type or a printed character) with a kern. sometimes display type is kerned
noun kəːnkərn Printing The part of a metal type projecting beyond the body or shank, or a part of a printed character that overlaps its neighbours.
OriginLate 17th century: perhaps from French carne 'corner', from Latin cardo, cardin- 'hinge'. Rhymesadjourn, astern, Berne, burn, churn, concern, discern, earn, fern, fohn, learn, Lucerne, quern, Sauternes, spurn, stern, Sterne, tern, terne, Traherne, turn, urn, Verne, yearn noun kəːnkərn 1historical A light-armed Irish foot soldier. 〈史〉爱尔兰轻装步兵 Example sentencesExamples - Composition involved, in Gaelic parts, the commutation of the chief's right to take up supplies for his household and quarter his kerne and galloglass on his subjects for defence.
- Recruiting large numbers of Gaelic kern, they then invaded England, landing at Furness in Lancashire, and immediately made for Richard III's old power base in north Yorkshire.
- An armed company of the kerne, carrying halberds and pikes and led by a piper, attack and burn a farmhouse and drive off the horses and cattle.
- The crude unsigned illustrations depict the activities of the Irish kern, while the refined signed cuts offer images of a resplendent English contingent led by Sir Henry Sidney in the name of the Queen.
2archaic A peasant; a rustic. 〈古〉农民，乡下人 Synonyms bumpkin, country bumpkin, country cousin, rustic, countryman, countrywoman, country dweller, daughter of the soil, son of the soil, peasant, provincial, oaf, lout, boor, barbarian
OriginLate Middle English: from Irish ceithearn, from Old Irish ceithern 'band of foot soldiers'. verbkərnkərn [with object]Printing 1usually as noun kerningAdjust the spacing between (letters or characters) in a piece of text to be printed. （在待印文本中）调整（铅字或字符的）间距 there was not facility for accurate kerning on a global basis Example sentencesExamples - The typesetting shows problems as well, and the kerning and word-spacing in some lines is so awkward as to render the line almost unreadable.
- Cease any talk of font analysis, kerning, superscripts or anything else of a typographical nature.
- You know the arguments over the superscript, the kerning, the proportional spacing.
- Although, I am pleased and happily surprised that words like superscript, subscript, proportionally spaced fonts, kerning, etc. are being used in the mainstream media, I don't believe anyone is really listening.
- 1.1 Make (letters) overlap.
使（铅字）重叠
2Design (metal type) with a projecting part beyond the body or shank. 设计具有出格部分的（金属铅字） sometimes display type is kerned
nounkərnkərn Printing The part of a metal type projecting beyond its body or shank. 设计具有出格部分的（金属铅字）
OriginLate 17th century: perhaps from French carne ‘corner’, from Latin cardo, cardin- ‘hinge’. nounkərnkərn 1historical A light-armed Irish foot soldier. 〈史〉爱尔兰轻装步兵 Example sentencesExamples - Composition involved, in Gaelic parts, the commutation of the chief's right to take up supplies for his household and quarter his kerne and galloglass on his subjects for defence.
- The crude unsigned illustrations depict the activities of the Irish kern, while the refined signed cuts offer images of a resplendent English contingent led by Sir Henry Sidney in the name of the Queen.
- Recruiting large numbers of Gaelic kern, they then invaded England, landing at Furness in Lancashire, and immediately made for Richard III's old power base in north Yorkshire.
- An armed company of the kerne, carrying halberds and pikes and led by a piper, attack and burn a farmhouse and drive off the horses and cattle.
2archaic A peasant; a rustic. 〈古〉农民，乡下人 Synonyms bumpkin, country bumpkin, country cousin, rustic, countryman, countrywoman, country dweller, daughter of the soil, son of the soil, peasant, provincial, oaf, lout, boor, barbarian
OriginLate Middle English: from Irish ceithearn, from Old Irish ceithern ‘band of foot soldiers’. |