Re:Fractional scales, fonts and hinting
by ben0x539 on Thursday March 07, 2024 @05:51AM
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Yeah it's definitely an improvement, but even with the "after" screenshot I can't imagine voluntarily using this % scaled rendering. I'm going to turn into a bitmap font absolutist.
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Bitmaps are great in terminal windows, but for apps like browsers where they can't be used easily, that's still fine because you can work around it.
Simply turn off anti-aliasing, and use a period-specific font that was designed for presentation without anti-aliasing such as the MS core truetype fonts (e.g. Verdana, Arial, etc.) It will look fine IF you have full hinting turned on.