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> On a 4K desktop monitor you still benefit from hinting. I don’t have a 4K desktop monitor but I was curious to see if it does anything with larger fonts. Try
by chronogram 5y ago
> On a 4K desktop monitor you still benefit from hinting.
I don’t have a 4K desktop monitor but I was curious to see if it does anything with larger fonts. Trying it out with Open Sans and it does still give an increase in contrast on a 34px title font sample, but not as significant as on the smaller body text: https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxtapose/latest/embed/index.html?uid=17cf866c-ede1-11eb-abb7-b9a7ff2ee17c https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxtapose/latest/embed/index....
- bmh 5y agoYes indeed. Sub-pixel RGB antialiasing gives you almost 3x resolution on the X coordinate, so hinting the vertical stems is not so noticeable. But because there's no sub-pixel antialiasing on the Y coordinates, the horizontal stems still benefit visibly from hinting.
- rbanffy 5y agoOn higher resolution screens, subpixel antialiasing loses relevance. Also, on the screen I'm writing, RGB subpixel antialiasing would increase the vertical resolution because the screen is rotated.