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    in 1991 by Apple Inc, hinting invokes tables of font data used to render fonts properly on screen. One aspect of TrueType hinting is grid-fitting, which...
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    make it smoother and easier to read. It may also involve hinting—information embedded in the font data that optimizes rendering details for particular character...
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  • copyright protection for computer fonts Apple Advanced Typography Display typeface Kerning Font hinting Fontlab FontForge FreeType Intellectual property...
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  • like PDF), but Type 1 fonts added "hints" to help low-resolution rendering. Originally, Adobe kept the details of their hinting scheme undisclosed and...
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  • Hint (1910–1989), Estonian writer Font hinting, a process for optimizing the rasterization of vectors Hints, Shropshire, a location in England Hints,...
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    conflicting software patents related to font hinting have expired, allowing FreeType's TrueType font hinter to be used in open source. Many of the operating...
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    Duo. The fonts were developed in two stages. The first release of May 2007 was a set of fully usable fonts, but they lacked the full hinting capability...
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    fonts tried to preserve the hinting information of the BlueSky fonts; however, it introduced rounding errors that affect the quality of the hinting at...
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  • Meiryo (category Typefaces and fonts introduced in 2008)
    extensive programming and font hinting for Meiryo. Rickner helped create the first TrueType fonts at Apple and did all the font hinting for Microsoft's Georgia...
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    Leventhal: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7. Sherman, Nick (22 February 2013). "Font Hinting and the Future of Responsive Typography". A List Apart. Archived from...
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  • debug hinting is indicated in the following table. Font editor Comparison of vector graphics editors "Create and Edit Fonts in Linux with BirdFont". 25...
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  • software disregarded the hinting information present in fonts, resulting in visual artefacts. FreeType developed an automatic hinting engine, but it is difficult...
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    the grid (font hinting) to maximize legibility, Apple's implementation prioritizes the shape of the glyphs as set out by their designer. Font rasterization –...
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  • TrueType (redirect from TrueType font)
    one font to be changed to the other, without reflow. Microsoft and Monotype technicians used TrueType's hinting technology to ensure that these fonts did...
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    secret. Paxton worked on several other related improvements, such as font hinting. Adobe was also responsible for porting PostScript to the Canon's Motorola...
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    The ChromeOS core fonts, also known as the Croscore fonts, are a collection of three TrueType font families: Arimo (sans-serif), Tinos (serif) and Cousine...
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    During his tenure there, Connare acquired skills in TrueType font hinting and provided hinted fonts for Hewlett-Packard, Apple, and Microsoft. He joined Microsoft...
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    ClearType (redirect from Cleartype font)
    heavy font hinting to force the font to fit into the pixel grid. This increases edge contrast and readability of small fonts at the expense of font rendering...
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    TrueType fonts released in 1991 as part of Apple’s System 7 operating system for the Macintosh. Rickner provided TrueType production and font hinting of Matthew...
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    Bitstream Vera (redirect from Vera (font))
    TrueType font with full hinting instructions, which improve its rendering quality on low-resolution devices such as computer monitors. The font has also...
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    illegible characters, some digital fonts use hinting algorithms to make readable bitmaps at small sizes. Digital fonts may also contain data representing...
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    Web typography). Typeface designers also have new tools, such as font hinting and font rasterization, that enable them to create new typefaces quickly...
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    Lucida (redirect from Lucida (font))
    between the fonts. Hinting was used to allow onscreen display. A family of fonts containing arrows. A family of cursive blackletter fonts released in...
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  • Wingdings (category Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1990)
    Certain versions of the font's copyright string include attribution to Type Solutions, Inc., the maker of a tool used to hint the font. None of the characters...
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  • typography, design and printing. Upon graduation, he spent two years learning font hinting technology while employed at laser-printer manufacturer QMS. In 1990...
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    The DejaVu fonts are a superfamily of fonts designed for broad coverage of the Unicode Universal Character Set. The fonts are derived from Bitstream Vera...
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    font, subtly adjusted the stroke widths, and performed the hinting required to create the font, which was delivered to Apple as the Postscript font "apgaram"...
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  • Unicode font is a computer font that maps glyphs to code points defined in the Unicode Standard. The vast majority of modern computer fonts use Unicode...
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  • repertoire of any of the other available fonts, a symbol from a fallback font is used instead. Typically, a fallback font will contain symbols representative...
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  • letter bounding boxes differ between browsers based on anti-aliasing and font hinting configuration and can be measured by JavaScript.: 108  Canvas fingerprinting...
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