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