hints

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/hɪnts/ English

Definitions

A clue.“I needed a hint to complete the crossword.”
A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.“He gave me a hint that my breath smelt.”
A small, barely detectable amount of.“I could taste a hint of lemon in the wine.”
Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.“This font does not scale well; at small point sizes it has no hinting at all, and the hints that it has for the 10- and 12-point letter 'g' still need work.”

To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.“She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.”
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.“to hint a suspicion”
To develop and add hints to a font.“The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens.”