font-kerning

The font-kerning CSS property sets the use of the kerning information stored in a font.

Kerning affects how letters are spaced. In well-kerned fonts, this feature makes character spacing more uniform and pleasant to read by reducing white space between certain character combinations.

In the image below, for instance, the examples on the left do not use kerning, while the ones on the right do:

Values: This property is specified as one of the following keyword values:

Values: auto The browser determines whether font kerning should be used or not. For example, some browsers will disable kerning on small fonts, since applying it could harm the readability of text. normal Font kerning information stored in the font must be applied. none Font kerning information stored in the font is disabled.

Syntax example: font-kerning: auto;