> Back in the old days (so like 3 years ago) before the majority of screens were 'retina' (aka you can't see the pixels at normal viewing distances) fonts alway

> Back in the old days (so like 3 years ago) before the majority of screens were 'retina' (aka you can't see the pixels at normal viewing distances) fonts always rendered with jagged edges. Turning down the contrast between a font and its background is effective in reducing this effect. Interesting perspective. I was a designer a while back and every designer I've ever worked with has never done this for the reason you state. In fact they always have the latest and greatest monitors and resolutions so they'd never see the issue anyway. They always told me it was "because it looked better". I always fought to change it and got it changed in every case but the difference in perspective is interesting so I thought I'd chime in.