Re:Computer input latency from 1977-2017 (2017)
by swiley on Thursday December 03, 2020 @05:14PM
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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.
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.