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Re:Computer input latency from 1977-2017 (2017) by opan on Thursday December 03, 2020 @05:11PM (#25295895)
You could use bitmap fonts to get truly sharp text. I'm a big fan of terminus at 9pt. It makes non-bitmap fonts look blurry and awful by comparison. A real shame that Pango broke bitmap support and your choice of terminal emulator and other stuff is limited now.
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Re:Computer input latency from 1977-2017 (2017) by swiley on Thursday December 03, 2020 @05:14PM (#25295936)
IMO this is a huge and underrated advantage of bitmapped fonts.

The problem is that you need a font at exactly the right scale to realize this advantage. The right scale is often different for every user/monitor pair and changing the scale means redrawing the font which is a ton of work.

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