>> Regarding the `explosion', please read the beginning of Greg's
>> whitepaper on ClearType.
> 
>>  https://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/truetypecleartype.aspx
> 
>> Note that the new ClearType mode from Nikolaus has superseded the
>> Infinality mode (which was very slow and no longer actively
>> maintained).
> 
> Just to clarify, when subpixel hinting is on, glyphs are hinted to
> full pixels in vertical direction, and horizontal hints are ignored
> 
>   https://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/subpixel-hinting.html

Indeed.  The problematic instructions, however, are the ones for
diagonal lines...


    Werner

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