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Re: Is type hinting for screens still relevant? Should new type designers learn it?
anyone making Webfonts that will be viewed/read on lower resolution screens, should invest time in learning about Hinting, as well as doing. Much of the hinting that was done in the past for black an…2 -
Re: Is there a need for a TTF version?
there are some great tools for Hinting TTF fonts for todays rendering environments. VTT, and TTFAutohint, for adding hinting. If you dont want hinting, you can set the GASP table to ignore hinting an…4 -
Re: ClearType hinting on a Mac
hi Cory, Mac does not use hinting at all. Black and White hinting is only for older Windows systems, such as XP. Thesedays, hinting can be targeted mostly at DirectWrite rendering. I have a series of…1 -
Re: Unhinted TTF looks crunchy in Windows
I set the GASP in VTT to always use no hinting, and ysmoothing when rendered in DirectWrite. if you are looking at the font preview in Win 10, this uses ClearType GDI, which does not have support for…2 -
Re: Unhinted TTF looks crunchy in Windows
this is how a GASP might look like, if you want the font to have no hinting in DirectWrite. Red, (not set) disables hinting, Green, (set) will enable y-smoothing to be always on, above 8ppem, in Dire…1
