alt Hacker NewsThe issue is with font rendering software not properly accounting for the subpixel arrangement of the display. I guess it’s a valid concern from a simple pragmatic perspective as a consumer, but as an enthusiast it’s not strictly a problem with OLED. Surely there’s some work out there that tries to improve font rendering on nonuniform subpixel layouts, right?
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jonny_eh • yesterday at 5:34 AM
> Surely there’s some work out there that tries to improve font rendering on nonuniform subpixel layouts, right?
Only Microsoft can fix it, and as far as I know, they don't seem interested.
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montag • yesterday at 7:49 AM
I guess we need a font rendering engine for arbitrary subpixel layout...
(Author here.)
The other issue is that it's not just a text problem. It affects any high color contrast edges, especially directly vertical or horizontal ones. So subpixel rendering tweaks for text rendering (eg: Cleartype) don't solve the whole problem.