Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:36083 comp.sys.mac.programmer:8154 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!bellcore!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ginosko!husc6!mit-eddie!mit-amt!mjkobb From: mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: System 7.0 speculations: Hot Scoop? Summary: Anti-aliasing: a must Keywords: Anti-aliased Fonts System 7.0 Message-ID: <457@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Date: 8 Aug 89 22:47:38 GMT References: <587GDAU100@BGUVM> <26548@amdcad.AMD.COM> <24101@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <458@lloyd.camex.uucp> <3300@internal.Apple.COM> <24388@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <1989Aug8.151335.8232@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA Lines: 17 In article <1989Aug8.151335.8232@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes: > >I remember seeing an article about research DEC had done in creating legible >screen fonts. The claim in that article was that jaggies ARE NOT THE PROBLEM; >that real benefits lie in serifs, proper letter shapes, and proper stroke >weights. (Now, anti-aliasing may indeed help with stroke weights.) The >fonts touted in the article were not smooth at all, as I remember. However, you will note that unless you have very high screen resolution, you cannot display proper serifs or even really good letter shapes. Meanwhile, if you anti- alias, you can use a gray pixel where a serif is supposed to appear, and the eye will interpret it as a serif. Also, by using gray pixels, you can make the eye perceive finer variations in letter shape, and of course, stroke weight. --Mike Standard disclaimers...