Swift at Apple: Migrating the TrueType hinting interpreter

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Author: DASD

Date: 6/12/2026

Article Summary:

Apple's Security team migrated the TrueType hinting interpreter from C to memory-safe Swift, improving performance by 13% and ensuring security.