diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8b9d276ae..74f4b5050 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2013-11-08  Dave Arnold  <darnold@adobe.com>
+
+	[cff] Fix for hints that touch.
+
+	* src/cff/cf2hints.c (cf2_hintmap_insertHint): Fix condition for
+	finding index value of insertion point.
+
 2013-11-06  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	[truetype] Fix handling of phantom points in composite glyphs.
diff --git a/src/cff/cf2hints.c b/src/cff/cf2hints.c
index 3ed714f44..5f4416168 100644
--- a/src/cff/cf2hints.c
+++ b/src/cff/cf2hints.c
@@ -596,22 +596,31 @@
     indexInsert = 0;
     for ( ; indexInsert < hintmap->count; indexInsert++ )
     {
-      if ( hintmap->edge[indexInsert].csCoord > firstHintEdge->csCoord )
+      if ( hintmap->edge[indexInsert].csCoord >= firstHintEdge->csCoord )
         break;
     }
 
     /*
-     * Discard any hints that overlap in character space.  Most often,
-     * this is while building the initial map, but in theory, it can also
-     * occur because of darkening.
+     * Discard any hints that overlap in character space.  Most often, this
+     * is while building the initial map, where captured hints from all
+     * zones are combined.  Define overlap to include hints that `touch'
+     * (overlap zero).  Hiragino Sans/Gothic fonts have numerous hints that
+     * touch.  Some fonts have non-ideographic glyphs that overlap our
+     * synthetic hints.
+     *
+     * Overlap also occurs when darkening stem hints that are close.
      *
      */
     if ( indexInsert < hintmap->count )
     {
-      /* we are inserting before an existing edge:              */
+      /* we are inserting before an existing edge:    */
+      /* verify that an existing edge is not the same */
+      if ( hintmap->edge[indexInsert].csCoord == firstHintEdge->csCoord )
+        return; /* ignore overlapping stem hint */
+
       /* verify that a new pair does not straddle the next edge */
-      if ( isPair                                                       &&
-           hintmap->edge[indexInsert].csCoord < secondHintEdge->csCoord )
+      if ( isPair                                                        &&
+           hintmap->edge[indexInsert].csCoord <= secondHintEdge->csCoord )
         return; /* ignore overlapping stem hint */
 
       /* verify that we are not inserting between paired edges */