Kerning adjusts the amount space between two characters. Most
computer fonts today have built in “hinting” which automatically
determines how much space to place between each character so all the
characters in a word appear to be evenly spaced. To my old art
director’s eye, there is a little too much space between the K and the e
in the first example above. I have used a small amount of negative
kerning to close the distance. This is done by inserting the text cursor
between two characters then clicking the left or right arrow buttons.
The second example is known as a fixed space font. The space between
each character is uniform and not intended to be aesthetically pleasing.
I have kerned each letter pair as indicated with the thin gray lines to
create a more visually attractively spaced word.