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Meaning ever seen PostScript rendered somewhere natively in a browser? In the DTP world, the problem does indeed not exist in that way. most graphics are best
by mxfh 10y ago
Meaning ever seen PostScript rendered somewhere natively in a browser?
In the DTP world, the problem does indeed not exist in that way.
most graphics are best created at the target resolution
This paradigm seems to become obsolete to me. With the present adoption rate of HiDPI displays target ratios matter again, not pixels.
Basically were back with displays to the paradigms that print/layout had for centuries and which where tackled in the digital realm before with the first transition from low resolution raster to high resolution print in the mid-70s to 80s with the inception of PostScript and Illustrator (the original core of Adobe, John Warnock) and also MetaFont by Knuth.
We're currently in the middle of another transition, now happening on-screen with the transition to non-pixel based authoring for HiDPI displays.
Pixels as authoring targets will probably be seen as a transitional technology/paradigm in a decade or less, placed neatly between paper and true vector displays on one end and Retina+ type screens on the other recent end of an interval spanning only one or two generations in retrospect.
In general things have improved a lot in the last 5 years, SVG is also simply good enough for most things:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6470908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6470908
- taeric 10y agoI wasn't saying pixel level creation. I just said target resolution creation. In general, you design the screen you want. Using tools that let you draw, with the constraint that it is at the resolution you desire. Am I saying that vector graphics are not desirable? No. Just saying that that is a by product of the tool. If you are making something that can scale up perfectly, great. Most graphics don't. Pretty much period.