On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:24:00 -0000, Richard Wordingham
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

> Isn't adjusting outlines what 'hinting' is all about?

It is an essential part of it, to be sure. As I understand it, it adjusts
outlines so that they will "select" the appropriate pixels. Of course,
there's a lot involved in setting up the commands to do the adjustments.

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