Craig Dickson <crdic@pacbell.net> writes: > Brian Nelson wrote: > >> Richard Beri <richberi@aci.on.ca> writes: >> >> > Does anyone else find AA fonts annoying? I hate them, sure they "look" >> > smoother, but I find that it just seems blurred and they are hard to >> > read. Makes me feel something is wrong with my eyes. It hurts. >> >> Amen, brother. I've never understood the obsession with AA fonts. They >> don't just seem blurry; they *are* blurry. > > True, but at the same time, I find AA fonts far more readable than > non-AA fonts, since the purpose of the blur (as we all surely know) is > to smooth out jaggies. At large sizes, the smoothing is less necessary, > but still makes the characters look smoother, which is aesthetically > pleasing; but at very small sizes, it can make text readable that would > otherwise not be, due to excessive jagginess (assuming the display > itself is sharp enough that small text doesn't just turn into mud). I find that, for well-designed fonts, the jaggies are not an issue. Here's a well-written rant on the subject: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000041.html -- My secret to happiness... is that I have a heart of a 12-year-old boy. It's over here in a jar. Would you like to see it?
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