serving

n 1: an individual portion of food or drink: "the helpings were

all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's

enough for two servings each" [syn: {helping}, {portion}]

2: the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he

accepted service of the subpoena" [syn: {service}, {service

of process}]

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)