hinting

Noun

 * 1) The act of giving a hint or suggestion.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Derived terms

 * type hinting