keming

See also: kèmíng

English

Etymology

Coined by various sources in the early 1990s as an intentional misspelling of kerning by combining the r and n into an m, as an example of improper kerning due to the increasing growth of desktop publishing.

Noun

keming (uncountable)

1. (typography, humorous) Improper kerning.
   • 2018 April 20, jkohorst, “FR E SH A VOCA DO^[sic]”, in Writing for Designers‎^{[dead link]}:

     When done correctly, kerning helps to improve the readability of text by adding or removing space between two letters. Bad kerning, also known as keming, leads to misreadings, and in the worst cases, incredibly bad (but humorous) misunderstandings.