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Hinting



What is it?

Fine-tuning digital scalable fonts to generate great letter images at small sizes.


Hand-picked Links

 • Adobe Systems: Basic Type 1 Hinting, by David Lemon
 • FontLab: FontLab Manual
 • Microsoft: Basic hinting philosophies and TrueType instructions, by Vincent Connare
 • Microsoft: Hinting and production guidelines specification Hinting and production guidelines specification
 • Microsoft: How does TrueType hinting differ from other outline font formats?
 • Microsoft: Introduction to [TrueType] Hinting
 • Microsoft: The Raster Tragedy at Low Resolution, by Beat Stamm
 • Microsoft: Visual TrueType
 • SIL: Notes on Hinting with FontLab, by Victor Gaultney
 • TrueType Typography: TrueType Hinting, by Laurence Penney
 • Will-Harris: Get The Hint! Tom Rickner interview


People in the field of Hinting

We know of 18 people who work in this field:

David Berlow
Jelle Bosma
John Collins
Vincent Connare
Rustam Gabbasov
Glenda de Guzman
Sampo Kaasila
Vaclav Krejci
Michael Leary
David Lemon
Jim Lyles
Bruno Maag
Ross Mills
Laurence Penney
Thomas Phinney
Tom Rickner
Matt Rowe
Malcolm Wooden


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