different between spacing vs kerning

English

Verb

spacing

1. present participle of space

Noun

spacing (countable and uncountable, plural spacings)

1. The action of the verb space.
2. A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.

   The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work.

3. The space between two objects or people.

   Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable.

4. (science fiction) The activity of working or living in outer space; the occupation of a spacer.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• letterspacing

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

spacing (not comparable)

1. That inserts space between two objects.

Derived terms

Related terms

• long-spacing sonic log

Anagrams

• pacings, scaping

English

Etymology

From kern (“part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter”) +? -ing, from French carne (“corner”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??n??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n??

Noun

kerning (countable and uncountable, plural kernings)

1. (typography) The adjustment of the horizontal space between selected pairs of glyphs in a typeface.

Usage notes

Kerning and tracking are sometimes confused; the latter refers to the uniform adjustment of letterspacing for a whole unit of text, while kerning relates to the spacing between two individual glyphs.

Related terms

• tracking

Translations

Verb

kerning

1. present participle of kern

Further reading

• kerning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia