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Originally Posted by JSWolf
If anyone runs Windows, use Windows Font Viewer to view the hinted and non-hinted fonts. Take a look at the two smallest sizes. You will notice that the hinted version looks better at the smaller sizes.
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I don't think this is a useful way to compare the hinted versus non-hinted fonts unless you plan to read on a Windows device.
The majority of mobile devices that people read on will use some variant of Freetype to render fonts (ie: just about any Linux based e-ink device, Android phones and tablets, iOS phones and tablets) and that behaves very differently compared to the Windows rendering engine.
Second, most people using Windows probably have Cleartype turned on, which is not applicable to e-ink devices, and that will alter the letter forms as well.
Finally, with high DPI devices becoming more common, the difference between hinted and non-hinted will be less than what you can see on the typical PC screen.
IMO the best way to compare is to load them in turn on your actual reading device and then read a variety of text (ie: both letters and numbers, some different sizes, italics and bold). If you have a camera capable of good macro shots, that might help too.