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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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<div style="letter-spacing:6pt">
SIMULATE: <span style="letter-spacing:4pt">VA</span>ST TEXT
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