The CSS font-kerning property defines the way specific pairs of letters are spaced.

You see, fonts often contain information about how much breathing room a character has on its left and right edges.

The proper term for the spacing is sidebearings.

When two characters are placed next to each other, their sidebearings add up to form the actual space between characters.

The right sidebearing of A and the left sidebearing of V define the space between them.

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