[OpenFontLibrary] hinting workflow

[Barry Schwartz]

Ben Laenen <benlaenen at gmail.com> skribis:
> Eric Schrijver wrote:
> > I do think all this shows hinting is still a bit of a black art. Am I
> > correct in thinking that most projects could at first get by using the
> > automated hinting of the design programs? Or is that typographic
> > blasphemy :)
> 
> Well, you can get some results out of the FF autohinter. Question is just 
> whether it'll produce anything good... You can improve it by editing the 
> parameters for PS hinting, but if you're putting effort in that you can just 
> as well put the effort in ttf hinting at once...

I think there's a real difference in effort there.