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0 pointsdataflow4y ago0 comments

I promise you it's just as baffling to me that some people don't notice it! It seems clear as day to me and I don't even have great eyesight. Maybe it's something like font kerning where it's hard to notice but also hard to un-notice?

Here's an example, can you not see the difference in sharpness clearly?

- Sumatra (grayscale): https://i.imgur.com/wOP8hdX.png

- Acrobat (subpixel): https://i.imgur.com/YXRy1WJ.png

(NOTE: Make sure you're viewing just the unscaled image by itself. You can download each and view it in a 1:1 pixel viewer to sure your browser isn't scaling it. Or run document.body.style.zoom = 1 / window.devicePixelRatio in Chrome.)

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AnIdiotOnTheNet4y ago

If I flip between them I can see a difference, yes, but it doesn't exactly make my eyes bleed. Opened up a random PDF in Sumatra without something to compare it to and, now having seen it, still nothing jumps out. Then again, I grew up with bitmapped fonts in 320x200 on a CRT.

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0 pointsdataflow4y ago0 comments

Here's an example, can you not see the difference in sharpness clearly?

- Sumatra (grayscale): https://i.imgur.com/wOP8hdX.png

- Acrobat (subpixel): https://i.imgur.com/YXRy1WJ.png

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AnIdiotOnTheNet4y ago

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