Typography.Kerning Attached Property

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Gets or sets a value that indicates whether kerning is enabled.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Documents
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
See GetKerning, SetKerning
See GetKerning, SetKerning

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if kerning is enabled; otherwise, false. The default value is true.

Remarks

This property gets or sets a value on the object that owns a Typography property, which is the only way to access a Typography class instance. In addition, this property supports an attached property usage so that it can be set on text-containing objects in XAML.

Kerning is a typographic function that adjusts the spacing between characters to enhance word shape.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.