An example of font hinting (taken from a screenshot of the GNOME font settings dialog). This shows the font with and without hinting first at 100% then at 400% to show detail.
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This image is being used on Chinese Wikipedia but it showed no Chinese characters - fix that by adding 維基百科國際 Wéijī bǎikē guójì ("Wikipedia International"). Hinting is more important in CJK since it can sometimes be the difference bet...
An example of font hinting (taken from a screenshot of the GNOME font settings dialog). This shows the font with and without hinting first at 100% then at 400% to show detail.