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hinting

In computing, a method of reducing the effects of aliasing in the appearance of outline fonts. Hinting makes use of a series of priorities so that noticeable distortions, such as uneven stem weight, are corrected. PostScript Type 1 and TrueType fonts are hinted.



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The dust in the curtains, if you will pardon me for hinting such a thing, has parched my throat to a crisp.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
For two or three months, he contented himself with hinting that he feared the air began to disagree with him; then, finding that the place really no longer was, to him, what it had been, he settled his business on his assistant, took a bachelor's cottage outside the village of which his young friend was pastor, and instantaneously recovered.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
The chin and jaw, strong and just hinting of square aggressiveness, helped the lips to command life.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
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