Mike Duggan · VTT Hinting Expertise

  • Re: Are "pixel" traps a thing?

    whenever two diagonals meet, that heaviness, or percieved dark spot, can be lightened by adding an ink trap, and is relevant for onscreen rendering, in that it can lighten the rendering onscreen also…
  • Re: How to use ttfautohint

    Richard. I assume you are talking about the -strong stem width and positioning - If you want your fonts hairlines, or horizontals to break in full pixels then set it my recommendation is GDI -strong …
  • Re: How to use ttfautohint

    compare the DirectWrite rendering here Left in this example, uses the settings I had suggested Right uses strong stem width and positioning for DirectWrite see the breaks in the right hand sample, at…
  • Re: How to use ttfautohint

    I was not referring to the control instructions files, only the setting for - strong stem width and positioning - . As I have it set, (see screenshot in my previous post) compared to what you show in…
  • Re: How to use ttfautohint

    thanks Jasper, the results are impressive. The control files seem to work, although they are a bit cumbersome to use. i have found that rather than the settings you propose, using the settings in the…
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