valistaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• enlighten verb To give someone knowledge or understanding about something they didn't previously grasp.
• kern noun Typography: the part of a printed letter that overhangs its own slot, or the adjustment of spacing between specific letter pairs.

Senses

valistaa is used for these senses in English:

• enlighten (transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.
• kern (typography, chiefly, _, proportional font printing) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs); to perform such adjustments to a portion of text, according to preset rules.

kern — full definition

1. noun Typography: the part of a printed letter that overhangs its own slot, or the adjustment of spacing between specific letter pairs.
2. verb To adjust the spacing between particular pairs of letters so text looks evenly balanced.

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