Mike Duggan · VTT Hinting Expertise

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• Re: Quality of webfonts, esp. on Windows

  Mike Duggan

  August 9
  there is no resource as far as I am aware that reviews hint quality. If you have not seen it, this document I authored, goes into some detail on the various rendering and hinting methods https://goog…
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• Re: manual hintig necessary?

  Mike Duggan

  April 2024
  hi Donat, this article I wrote may be useful, its pretty extensive and covers everything that you might need to know about VTT Hinting for Variable fonts. https://googlefonts.github.io/how-to-hint-va…
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• Re: manual hintig necessary?

  Mike Duggan

  April 2024
  Still necessary for devices with 96 – 120 – 150 dpi … the difference between autohinting and manual is in the details which is what matters most 
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• Re: When did Helvetica and Times New Roman reach such levels of influence?

  Mike Duggan

  October 2023
  Brings back memories of Hinting TNRoman for Windows 3.1... : )
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• Re: Hinting and font rendering

  Mike Duggan

  June 2023
  how is the hinting done in the font? autohints? you might want to check the GASP table, you can find much more information on the gasp table and hinting here in this document I wrote https://googlefo…
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