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Font hinting

Meaning in graphic design, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In graphic design, font hinting means: Instructions or adjustments that help glyphs render clearly on a pixel grid.

In Turkish: font ipuçlandırması

How it is used

Discuss hinting when small screen text shows uneven stems or blurred details.

Example sentences

  1. Font hinting improved the consistency of these tiny interface labels.

    Rendering adjustments help letter details fit a limited pixel grid.

  2. We compared font hinting on two displays before shipping the font.

    The visible effect depends partly on rendering and display conditions.

Common collocations

  • font hinting
  • hinting instructions
  • pixelThe smallest single point of colour in a digital image or on a screen. Raster images are made of thousands or millions of pixels arranged in a grid.
  • legibilityHow easily individual letters and words can be recognised, which depends on the typeface design, size, contrast and viewing conditions.

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