HN, where text looking bad on your machine means the designer intended for it to be unreadable. Isn't that more bizarre?
Re:WebP is so great except it's not
by LeifCarrotson on Friday December 15, 2023 @09:00AM
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It doesn't look pixelated on my machine, it looks pretty nice - here's a screenshot at 200% zoom:
https://i.imgur.com/WE1tbIB.png
The ligatures are definitely an unusual artistic choice...seems like the sort of thing you'd finally get used to 4 chapters into a book, but until you're immersed in it, it's quote distracting.
Re:WebP is so great except it's not
by thaumasiotes on Friday December 15, 2023 @10:28AM
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The font looks much less ill-defined and irregular if I tell the browser to enlarge the text to 130%. There are still some issues at that size.
But I'm not going to judge it by how it looks after I do a manual adjustment. The way it's presented is terrible. It somehow manages not to fit into the pixel grid of my 15-inch 3840x2160 screen. These are not large pixels!
The whole font is bad. It looks pixilated and blurry, which can only be explained by that being the intended look. It's bizarre.