"hinting" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɪntɪŋ/ Forms: hintings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪntɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hinting (countable and uncountable, plural hintings)
  1. The act of giving a hint or suggestion. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hinting-en-noun-Isfno9Ot
  2. (typography) The process of adding hints to a computer-based font in order to align the glyphs to a rasterized grid at specific sizes in a visually appealing manner. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-hinting-en-noun-T-H9RQQe Topics: media, publishing, typography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: type hinting Related terms: antialiasing

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈhɪntɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪntɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} hinting
  1. present participle and gerund of hint Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: hint
    Sense id: en-hinting-en-verb-BGQdRCUq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 37 55

Inflected forms

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