Normalizes kerning value.

    * **value** must be an :ref:`type-int-float`.
    * Returned value is the same type as input value.

def normalizeKerningValue(value):
    """
    Normalizes kerning value.

    * **value** must be an :ref:`type-int-float`.
    * Returned value is the same type as input value.
    """
    if not isinstance(value, (int, float)):
        raise TypeError("Kerning value must be a int or a float, not %s."
                        % type(value).__name__)
    return value