V-Text-Kern Attribute

Internet Development Index

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Determines whether kerning is turned on. Read/write VgTriState.

Applies To

TextPath

Tag Syntax

<v: element style="v-text-kern:expression">

Script Syntax

element.style.v-text-kern="expression"

expression=element.style.v-text-kern

Remarks

If True, the kerning is turned on. The default is False. Kerning is the removal of space between certain letter pairs to compensate for uneven letterforms. For example, if kerning is turned on, extra space between a capital "T" and a lowercase "i" would be removed.

VML Standard Attribute

Example

Kerning is turned on.

   <v:line from="50 100" to="400 100">
   <v:fill on="True" color="red"/>
   <v:path textpathok="True"/>
   <v:textpath on="True" string="VML Text"
   style="v-text-kern:True;font:normal normal normal 36pt Arial"/>
   </v:line>