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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Gray-scale antialiasing (yes, it can work)
Keywords: grayscale fonts
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Date: 9 Nov 88 15:49:47 GMT
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In article <8811080203.AA15665@explorer.dgp.toronto.edu>, avi@dgp.toronto.edu
(Avi Naiman) explains why he needs sub-pixel positioning.

Ah. Light dawns. You're considering greyscaling as a tool in increasing
the effective resolution of a screen for the purpose of previewing a typeset
document. This is not the only application for greyscaled fonts. Pixel
positioning is fine for some applications... such as, for example, ordinary
text editing. A typical text editor only gives you character positioning,
after all. If greyscaled fonts can make the characters look better they're
a net win.
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