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Hinting

8th September 2003

I’ve always wondered how fonts work. I now have a much better understanding of the technology involved thanks to Microsoft’s excellent Typography site, in particular this Introduction to hinting from 1997 (via ).

This is Hinting by Simon Willison, posted on 8th September 2003.

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