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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    [OT] Re: Fonts on Linux (Was: menus: icons and text)
From:       Simon Perreault <nomis80 () nomis80 ! org>
Date:       2003-12-31 16:04:30
Message-ID: 200312311104.30726.nomis80 () nomis80 ! org
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On December 30, 2003 19:08, Luke Sandell wrote:
> This only occurs when AA is on. That's OK, though.  I can just turn of AA -
> good fonts don't need it anyway, apparently.

This is another font myth. ;) AA improves legibility at all sizes. Hinting 
improves legibility at small sizes, when the width of a line should take only 
one pixel. The effect of AA is not nullified when you use hinting: it only 
makes it even better.

That's what Microsoft tells you though, and maybe it's related to the fact 
that they turn off hinting in Windows for small font sizes. I think they 
decided to do it this way because it's much faster to render, and they had 
the possibility to do full AA when computers weren't fast enough. In Windows 
XP, when you use the ClearType option (which is a form of sub-pixel AA that 
works on LCD screens), it turns on AA for all fonts. I think they assume that 
when you have an LCD, your computer is fast enough to draw all fonts AA.

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Simon Perreault <nomis80@nomis80.org> -- http://nomis80.org

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