Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to kern
Participle: kerned
Gerund: kerning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | kern |
| you | kern |
| he;she;it | kerns |
| we | kern |
| you | kern |
| they | kern |
Perfect
| I | have kerned |
| you | have kerned |
| he;she;it | has kerned |
| we | have kerned |
| you | have kerned |
| they | have kerned |
Past
| I | kerned |
| you | kerned |
| he;she;it | kerned |
| we | kerned |
| you | kerned |
| they | kerned |
Pluperfect
| I | had kerned |
| you | had kerned |
| he;she;it | had kerned |
| we | had kerned |
| you | had kerned |
| they | had kerned |
Future
| I | will kern |
| you | will kern |
| he;she;it | will kern |
| we | will kern |
| you | will kern |
| they | will kern |
Future Perfect
| I | will have kerned |
| you | will have kerned |
| he;she;it | will have kerned |
| we | will have kerned |
| you | will have kerned |
| they | will have kerned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | kern |
| you | kern |
| he;she;it | kern |
| we | kern |
| you | kern |
| they | kern |
Perfect
| I | have kerned |
| you | have kerned |
| he;she;it | have kerned |
| we | have kerned |
| you | have kerned |
| they | have kerned |
Imperfect
| I | kerned |
| you | kerned |
| he;she;it | kerned |
| we | kerned |
| you | kerned |
| they | kerned |
Pluperfect
| I | had kerned |
| you | had kerned |
| he;she;it | had kerned |
| we | had kerned |
| you | had kerned |
| they | had kerned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would kern |
| you | would kern |
| he;she;it | would kern |
| we | would kern |
| you | would kern |
| they | would kern |
Perfect
| I | would have kerned |
| you | would have kerned |
| he;she;it | would have kerned |
| we | would have kerned |
| you | would have kerned |
| they | would have kerned |
Imperative
| you | kern |
| we | Let's kern |
| you | kern |
Verbs conjugated like 'kern'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'kern'
dern,
ern,
gern,
keen,
ken,
kerb,
kerf,
pern,
wern,
yern,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French carne (“corner; projecting angle; quill of a pen”), from Latin cardinem (“hinge”) or from Etymology 1. The verb is a back-formation from kerned, which is from the noun. Doublet of cardo.
Sample Sentences
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If you need to kern anything beyond the most commonly used pairs, you can use applications software such as Adobe PageMaker to customize pairs. [2001, Constance J. Sidles, Graphic Designer's Digital Printing and PrePress Handbook, page 51:]
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Especially consider kerning if you are printing on a relatively high-resolution printer, such as a 600-dpi (dots per inch) laser printer. [2001, Bill Camarda, Special Edition Using Microsoft Word 2002, page 122:]
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Remember, the goal of kerning is to make letter pairs look natural, not necessarily to minimize letterspaces. [2006, Tova Rabinowitz, Exploring Typography, page 320:]
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You should kern letter pairs when spacing between characters is too wide or too narrow. [2008, Terry Rydberg, Exploring Adobe InDesign CS4, page 98:]