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Portrait mode will screw subpixel rendering of text.

• gcr 14y ago
  In most linuxes, you can ask for vertical subpixel hinting, at the very least from the command line. I'm pretty sure that Windows has a setting for it too buried in the graphics card display settings somewhere.
  • mstromb 14y ago
    It's under "Adjust ClearType text" on the control panel in Windows 7. It's also known as "ClearType Text Tuner." It doesn't specifically ask you to pick your subpixel layout, but rather shows you a bunch of different renderings and asks you to pick the one you think looks best.
  • riobard 14y ago
    Unfortunately vertical subpixel rendering is much less effective than horizontal rendering due to the nature of latin scripts.
• mixmastamyk 14y ago
  "Just works" for me.
• rbanffy 14y ago
  Not at all unless you fail to set it up properly. With Ubuntu, at least, it's trivial: IIRC, it's in the font properties panel.
• FootballMuse 14y ago
  You realize we are talking about a 2560x1440 monitor right? Depending on your DPI settings, one can consider turning off subpixel smoothing at this res. At 4k you should certainly consider it. Plus, I'm sure various implementations are better than others. Does the iPad have this problem?
  • riobard 14y ago
    True, it's a 2560x1440 display, but it's not “retina“ yet. There is still a big difference with and without subpixel rendering, especially for smaller texts. Well, at least to my “retina” spoiled eyes. YMMV. iOS does not use subpixel rendering at all, possibly due to the inconsistence of text rendering in different orientations.