SwiftUI negative kerning cuts off font

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Created Oct ’20

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Hey there!

Got a question about font kerning:

When adding a negative kerning to a text (changes via user input) the last character sometimes gets cut off:

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What i do is the following:

Code Block languageText("\(pos, specifier: "%.1f")")
  .font(.system(size: 100,design: .serif))
  .fontWeight(.bold)
  .kerning(-5)

When i remove the kerning it works, but as i understood the kerning keeps the letters as they are? Is there an alternative way of doing it?

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Answer 1

browncow781 OP

Jul ’23

Hi there, I know this is an old post, but did you ever solve this? I'm encountering the same issue.

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Answer 2

RogerLee OP

Apr ’24

There is still no good way to fix this. Simply add two spaces at the start and end of the string Text(" F ").

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