Hinting Information for Type 1 Fonts?

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From: Toorabally Hassan
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 06:35

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Hello Fellow Netters.

I have been reading the Adobe "Black Book" (Adobe Type 1 Font Format). It gives a
very thorough description of the Type 1 Font with examples on encoding and encryption
etc.

However it talks about the hinting process very briefly. Five commands used in character
level hinting are mentioned with a brief summary of what the command does. As I
understand these commands, they specify a horizontal or vertical range in which the
rasterizer decides on how to render (fill) the pixels that fall in that range.

I would like to know how the rasterizer interpretes these commands and decides on how to
render a particular font properly. 

Would anybody have some references where I would be able to get the above information.
Or if anybody has any information which could be sent via the net, please email it to me
at the E-mail address below.

Really appreciate any help.

-- 
Hassan Toorabally
E-mail:hassan@isl.mei.co.jp
Meits: 7-631-2618
Tel  : (06)906-4600

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