CSS: How could I deactivate kerning for my font?

Question

How could I deactivate kerning for my font?

Answer 1

See the kerning concept at Wikipedia.

Kerning is not controlled by letter-spacing, and there are no font-kerning for CSS1 or CSS2. The new specification, CSS3, has not been approved as a standard (W3C Recommendation), but there are a property proposed for font-kerning, see 2012 draft,

http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-fonts/#font-kerning-prop

Only specific fonts, like OpenFonts, have this property.

Even with no kerning control, the use of a non-zero letter-spacing can change the "human kerning perception", producing a "deactivate kerning" effect. Example: enhance kerning with letter-spacing:-0.1em and lost with letter-spacing:0.5em.

With CSS1 letter-spacing property you can lost or enhance kerning perception, and into a "letter-spaced text" you can simulate kerning:

  VAST   (normal) 
  


  VAST  
  (enhance perception)
  


  VAST 
  (lost perception)
  


  
  

     SIMULATE: VAST TEXT
  

See the above example here.