morning

adj : in the morning; "the morning hours" [syn: {morning(a)}]

n 1: the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning

running errands" [syn: {morn}, {morning time}, {forenoon}]

2: a conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn: {good

morning}]

3: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they

talked until morning" [syn: {dawn}, {dawning}, {aurora}, {first

light}, {daybreak}, {break of day}, {break of the day}, {dayspring},

{sunrise}, {sunup}, {cockcrow}] [ant: {sunset}]

4: the earliest period: "the dawn of civilization"; "the

morning of the world" [syn: {dawn}]

kerning

The process of reducing the spacing between certain

pairs of letters to improve their appearance. When a {font}

is created, each {character} is given a width that includes

some space around it so that the letters don't run into each

other when displayed or printed. This can be thought of as an

invisible box around each character. Some pairs of characters

such as A and V, look better if the boxes overlap slightly,

bringing the characters closer together (but still not

touching).

See also {tracking}, {leading}.

(1996-06-07)