I've seen some type designer used
ttfAutohint http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/. For those who have tried it, can you give us your comments. Also, It seems possible to installed it on
MAC OSX, however after a few inconclusive tests, I failed. Your help would be useful to help me to installed it.
Thanks!
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1) Installing, it's really easy.
http://cl.ly/2a140h3u0T05
2) Using it with the default options, also super easy.
http://cl.ly/0w1o2l1m1G1g
Next step is to read the documentation and explore the options. They are important.
Try with a few different options to see what they do, and test results in a PC
André
I found this on the typekit blog a while ago:
"But what does all this mean for the web designer? Luckily, there are only a handful of browser/OS combinations that you need to check in order to have a thorough grasp on the way a particular font renders on the web:
Any Mac browser
IE9
IE8 with ClearType enabled
IE6 with Standard antialiasing enabled
Firefox 4"
Is there a single Windows OS that allows the user to chose to enable ClearType, or enable Standard antialiasing? If so, one machine should suffice.
the machines take up about ~8G each, but you'll at least be able to test without leaving the comfort of your desktop or laptop. For anything beyond testing in ie, the machines are probably too slow to run virtualized, but otherwise totally serviceable.
fwiw, i have had good luck using homebrew to install ttfautohint but haven't delved too deep into anything beyond randomly twiddling values.
[I like using a 96ppi screen when designing web fonts, in any case, since it means my device pixels equal CSS px.]