Kern: To squeeze together characters for a better looking fit of strokes and white space. In display type the characters usually need to be kerned because the white space between characters at a large sizes is much more noticeable.
Kicker: A brief phrase or sentence lead-in to a story or chapter. It is usually set smaller than the headline or chapter title but larger than normal text type.
Knockout: A printing term meaning that when one color is to be printed immediately adjacent to another color. They are actually printed with a slight overlap.
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