FontSpring uses auto-hinting [1], which is a well-known approach and it is a step forward. It still though vastly inferior to manual hinting and tends to produc

FontSpring uses auto-hinting [1], which is a well-known approach and it is a step forward. It still though vastly inferior to manual hinting and tends to produce artifacts of other kinds. Also there appears to be no ClearType-specific version of it at the moment. [1] http://www.fontspring.com/fontface http://www.fontspring.com/fontface - first table, 3rd row down