DamienG

2 blog posts tagged hinting

Envy Code R un-hinted
MAY
7
2009
Typography6 minutes

Font hinting and instructing – a primer

Taking my bitmap font Envy Code B into the vector TrueType Envy Code R was a long process, the most difficult being hinting.

Envy Code R hinted on Windows with standard font smoothing at various sizes
DEC
3
2007
Typography1 minutes

Getting the hint (Where is Envy Code R?)

I know, I said there would be a good chance that the next version of Envy Code R would be out this weekend but the annoying sizing, thickness and cropping issues that came up at some sizes above and below the optimum 10 point were really annoying me.