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I'm explicitly looking for laptops with full HD display resolution, not more. I prefer the crisp pixels of low-resolution bitmap fonts.

• sneak 4y ago
  This seems to be a tradition in the linux-laptop world. "1080p ought to be enough for anyone!" Use a 13" 4k for a few weeks and try to go back. Actual high-dpi screens are where it's at.
  • stonewareslord 4y ago
    What a tiring trope. I use a high resolution macbook for work and a 1366x768 13 inch laptop for personal use. Like OP, I greatly prefer the font blockiness the latter provides especially in terminals. And yes, I've tried smooth fonts and FixedSys/Less Perfect DOS-VGA on both and prefer blocky ones every time. High res screens love to use smoothing and subpixel rendering and I very much prefer none of it. Edit: point being if you switch to high res displays, you won't always like it more
    • sneak 4y ago
      > High res screens love to use smoothing and subpixel rendering and I very much prefer none of it. Quite the opposite! These are hacks for low-res displays to make type look better. Sufficiently high resolution displays disable these because they are high resolution enough that your eye perceives a smooth line/edge already without having to resort to hacks to avoid stairsteps.
      • Dylan16807 4y ago
        If we're talking about actual smoothing, anti-aliasing, then that's not a hack, that's a necessity for non-bitmap fonts until you reach extreme resolutions. If you want your eye to perceive a stairstep as a smooth line you need to start talking about 16K screens.