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From: michael@otago.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Soft Fonts
Message-ID: <1991May20.085710.407@otago.ac.nz>
Date: 19 May 91 18:54:07 GMT
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In article <13376@dog.ee.lbl.gov>, osborn@ux1.lbl.gov (James R Osborn) writes:
> 
> Soft Fonts.  For those of you who don't know what these
> are, essentially they are antialiased fonts.  They use two
> or more bits of screen depth to represent characters which
> are claimed to be vastly more legible and comfortable on the
> eyes - especially with small sizes (like 9 pt).  Supposedly 

I'm not sure about this. The last I heard antialiased fonts tended
to come out looking irritatingly fuzzy on these amazingly crisp,
sharp-edged monitors that we all use :-). The effect was to simulate
the effects of eyestrain without actually having any. However not having
actually tried to use such things I would also be keen to find out
if they really are any better...

Michael(tm) Hamel, Computing Services Centre, University of Otago, New Zealand

SNEEM (n.)                         
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