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Post #13,525 by pwhysall 10/16/01 3:30:05 AM Reply	:heh Well, I'm a bit of an AA snob (no, really I am :-), as I'm originally from the Acorn scene, where RISC-OS had actual sub-pixel-antialiasing and fully hinted (for screen AND print) outline fonts as part of the OS from 1988 onwards. When a 1MB, 8MHz home computer did it properly nearly 14 years ago, and the penny is only just dropping in the all-powerful Windows and UNIX scenes... well. "About bloody time" is a phrase that leaps to mind. And neither platform (nor the Mac, either) has the single, equally-suited-for-screen-and-print outline font technology that RISC-OS had... BTW, ClearType (as practiced by XP) doesn't look so hot on a CRT (at least to my eyes). Where it comes into its own is on a laptop, where it looks absolutely fab. /me goes off to fire up his A5000 just to see Fonts Done Right. Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #13,530 by static 10/16/01 3:46:42 AM Reply	Ah - retro-computing is a wonderful thing. Mind you, it does point out that not only has Microsoft stagnated the computer industry, but also that the Linux and BSD et al communities are only competing against Microsoft's fairly mediocre and out-of-date technologies. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #13,531 by pwhysall 10/16/01 3:48:50 AM Reply	nogsh Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #13,580 by inthane-chan 10/16/01 11:50:27 AM Reply	Cleartype on CRT. I'm actually using it here at work - and the main advantage isn't that it looks good at traditional resolutions - it's that you can get "smaller" resolutions that are readable without killing your eyes. My "host" machine (the machine I don't screw with for testing purposes - houses e-mail, bug tracking software, etc) has a 15" monitor attached - I keep the 17" for doing my main work. I used to run it @ 800x600, because my eyes hurt when I ran it @ 800x600. With Cleartype, I can run it @ 1024x768, and it works fine... "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

The Static Page: Fonts; Another Linux hurdle. - (static) - (43) - Oct. 12, 2001, 08:13:17 AM EDT

I have yet to figure out... - (admin) - (2) - Oct. 12, 2001, 09:24:51 AM EDT

Copyright & URW Fonts - (kmself) - (1) - Oct. 12, 2001, 03:03:27 PM EDT

That's all well and good... - (admin) - Oct. 12, 2001, 03:54:10 PM EDT

Wade, Meet J. R. User - (jb4) - (12) - Oct. 12, 2001, 09:30:52 AM EDT

What I've discovered so far, in more detail. - (static) - (11) - Oct. 15, 2001, 03:15:39 AM EDT

Re: What I've discovered so far, in more detail. - (pwhysall) - (10) - Oct. 15, 2001, 07:36:26 AM EDT

Hinting and AA/smoothing. - (static) - (4) - Oct. 15, 2001, 10:01:21 PM EDT

:heh - (pwhysall) - (3) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:30:05 AM EDT

Ah - retro-computing is a wonderful thing. - (static) - (1) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:46:42 AM EDT

nogsh -NT - (pwhysall) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:48:50 AM EDT

Cleartype on CRT. - (inthane-chan) - Oct. 16, 2001, 11:50:27 AM EDT

gdkxWTF??? - (jb4) - (4) - Oct. 16, 2001, 09:30:35 AM EDT

nogsh: - (admin) - Oct. 16, 2001, 09:57:22 AM EDT

Re: gdkxWTF??? - (pwhysall) - Oct. 16, 2001, 10:11:40 AM EDT

nogsh - (pwhysall) - Oct. 16, 2001, 10:13:39 AM EDT

Understanding the technology. - (static) - Oct. 16, 2001, 10:27:06 PM EDT

Don't hold your breath. - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Oct. 12, 2001, 10:37:53 AM EDT

Heh.. {sigh}\ufffd - (Ashton) - Oct. 12, 2001, 05:36:12 PM EDT

Community's answer worse than usual. - (static) - Oct. 15, 2001, 03:04:09 AM EDT

Amazing - (deSitter) - (23) - Oct. 16, 2001, 02:23:32 AM EDT

Clarification. - (static) - (15) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:01:22 AM EDT

Never - (deSitter) - (14) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:07:12 AM EDT

Lose the lemon. -NT - (static) - (5) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:22:21 AM EDT

Why? - (deSitter) - (4) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:26:04 AM EDT

Because your invective is not helping. - (static) - (3) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:38:52 AM EDT

Won't Happen - (deSitter) - (2) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:53:37 AM EDT

Go away. -NT - (static) - Oct. 16, 2001, 04:15:51 AM EDT

Or go up in flames, I don't care. -NT - (static) - Oct. 16, 2001, 04:16:22 AM EDT

Hah. - (pwhysall) - (7) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:24:26 AM EDT

Actually.. - (deSitter) - (6) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:31:23 AM EDT

FFS - (pwhysall) - (5) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:39:38 AM EDT

You're Supposed to Be Friends - (deSitter) - (4) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:46:07 AM EDT

As I said - (pwhysall) - (3) - Oct. 16, 2001, 03:55:51 AM EDT

No Stones - (deSitter) - (2) - Oct. 18, 2001, 01:33:18 AM EDT

Pogue Mahone - (pwhysall) - Oct. 18, 2001, 02:53:28 AM EDT

POAD, asshole. - (CRConrad) - Oct. 18, 2001, 07:04:34 AM EDT

What else is amazing. - (marlowe) - (6) - Oct. 16, 2001, 05:51:53 PM EDT

Well if I had to settle for a toasted marlowe-mello - (Ashton) - (4) - Oct. 16, 2001, 08:06:57 PM EDT

Mello? Me? I have never been mello. - (marlowe) - (3) - Oct. 17, 2001, 05:42:39 PM EDT

An Oliva fan, eh? That explains some things... :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Oct. 17, 2001, 06:00:03 PM EDT

Then it's Liebestodt fer you, kid (er -marsh)m*a*llow :-P -NT - (Ashton) - Oct. 17, 2001, 06:17:00 PM EDT

ROFL - (deSitter) - Oct. 19, 2001, 03:12:52 AM EDT

Yah - we let it get on a bit. - (static) - Oct. 16, 2001, 10:29:25 PM EDT

Just having a rest between bars...
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