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With CSS1 <tt>letter-spacing</tt> property you can <i>lost</i> or <i>enhance</i> <b>kerning perception</b>, and into a "letter-spaced text" you can <b>simulate it</b>:
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    <div style="font-size:20pt;background-color:#bcd">

      VAST   <small>(normal)</small> 
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      <span style="letter-spacing:-0.1em">VAST</span>  
      <small>(enhance perception)</small>
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      <span style="letter-spacing:0.5em">VAST</span> 
      <small>(lost perception)</small>
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      <!-- SIMULATE KERNING AT SPACED TEXT -->
      <div style="letter-spacing:6pt">
         SIMULATE: <span style="letter-spacing:4pt">VA</span>ST TEXT
      </div>

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