Resolution indpendence

[James Cloos]

>>>>> "Glynn" == Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com> writes:

Glynn> And I wouldn't use anti-aliasing. The visual system relies upon
Glynn> edge detection, and blurring the edges reduces legibility. The
Glynn> place for anti-aliased text is if you are viewing the page as
Glynn> "artwork" (rather than trying to read it), where accurately
Glynn> representing the balance between ink and paper is more important.

That is strongly dependent on the type of grid-fitting.  A well-
instructed sfnt/glyf font will look better than a bitmap font, by
fitting the vertical and horizontal strokes to the grid and using
grayscale (or subpixel colouring) only on diagonals and curves.

-JimC
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