kern character option

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In the tool bar "WordArt" there is the option list of "Word Art Character
Spacing"
At the end of the list, there is an option called "kern character pairs"

could any one please explain what does this option do?

Thanks
 
Kerning adjusts the space between all occurrences of specific character
pairs, eg fi and fl (often referred to as ligatures) look better when they
are closer together.
 
could you give me an exampl to apply in powerpoin, where I can see the
difference?

I tried to type " fl " and check the difference that "kern charcter" would
make, but I couldn't see it.

thank you
 
could you give me an exampl to apply in powerpoin, where I can see the
difference?

I tried to type " fl " and check the difference that "kern charcter" would
make, but I couldn't see it.
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Use the word WAVE as your word art text then try turning kerning on and off.

The difference will be quite obvious, I think.

In case it helps to visualize it, imagine that each letter of text is on its own
rectangular block, so between letters like A and V there's quite a bit of white
space.

Now imagine that you take a saw and cut off a bit of each of those blocks
diagonally along the right side of the A and left side of the V so you can move
'em a bit closer together.

That's literally what you used to have to do with movable type and that's where
the term kerning came from. It wasn't something you did a lot. <g>
 
Thank you alot. Your explaination was helpful.

Steve Rindsberg said:
Use the word WAVE as your word art text then try turning kerning on and off.

The difference will be quite obvious, I think.

In case it helps to visualize it, imagine that each letter of text is on its own
rectangular block, so between letters like A and V there's quite a bit of white
space.

Now imagine that you take a saw and cut off a bit of each of those blocks
diagonally along the right side of the A and left side of the V so you can move
'em a bit closer together.

That's literally what you used to have to do with movable type and that's where
the term kerning came from. It wasn't something you did a lot. <g>







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