Dirty glasses?

Post #303,590 by jbrabeck 2/4/09 10:29:55 AM Reply	Dirty glasses? Sorry, as Alex said in a reply to Box, "Couldn't resist". :-)
Post #303,596 by jake123 2/4/09 11:13:56 AM Reply	Too much pr0n, it's affecting his vision...
Post #303,601 by drook 2/4/09 11:34:44 AM Reply	Maybe I should wait til my eyeballs stop jiggling -- Drew
Post #303,609 by Ashton 2/4/09 4:25:53 PM Reply	Looked Reeel close, BTW: While I, too did not see what you described ... used the bitchin Zoom-thingy to peer at fonts: it appears to my un- typographically-tutored eyeballs that Your fonts are more, er granular than even the super-sharp iMac ones. That is, the apparent-sharpness of the black/white edges prolly goes to iMac, but: there seem to be more 'elements' (lines, curves) -per-character to yours! (iMac default that is; dunno what else might improve on that. Yet.) I expect that Peter and others have some views on which be the bitchinest fonts ... to use a technical term which only we epicures know. Posit: Apparently the eye/brain weights the really-sharp edge contrast higher than the actual %linear-fill of a given character ?? (I still need to sort out preferred sizes, font choices and other trivia which, together gilds the lily to a fare-thee-well. Poco á poco.)
Post #303,616 by drook 2/4/09 5:38:25 PM Reply	That should be Bitstream Vera Sans Ubuntu, so Gnome desktop. Check this out with your zoomer. http://cooklikeyourg.../images/fonts.png I suspect "best contrast" would look more like what you're seeing on your Mac. -- Drew
Post #303,629 by Ashton 2/4/09 9:51:08 PM Reply	Most illuminating - (Saved for other comparos) Zoomed ridiculously, clearly the contrast Is higher for the 'assembled pixel-blocks', but the smoothed sample reveals its method: can see the use of color to smooth via illusion; clever lads.. Smooth beats highest-contrast, yet from one angle, technically: via added-fuzziness! This font display shows it perfectly. Thanks
Post #303,630 by folkert 2/4/09 9:56:55 PM Reply	That ain't "Bitstream" in that thar piccy You need to select the right font names in there... Those is just the default fonts that come with Gnome. http://www.gregfolke...nt-Selections.png And Remember... these are taken at 72dpi... being the default for the screen capture stuffs.
Post #303,634 by drook 2/4/09 10:26:42 PM Reply	Oh yeah I mostly use Firefox and Gimp on this lappy, so I forgot to set the desktop defaults to Bitstream after my last reload. Thanks for the reminder. -- Drew

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