something something font smoothing...
Any typography nerds care to chime in their favorite font rendering on devices with screens. Currently MacOS (with font smoothing disabled.) and whatever font the Pixel is using is pretty fucking sexy to me. The Adwaita fonts in Gnome 48 are pretty nice too, but the way fonts are rendered in Linux still feels just ok to me.

Oh, look! #Harfbuzz just dropped version #11.0.0, and the internet can't handle the excitement! Apparently, more "features" are here to make you realize that your font rendering woes have only just begun. Remember, folks, more numbers after the dot mean it's definitely better!
https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/tag/11.0.0 #fontRendering #excitement #features #update #HackerNews #ngated

Harfbuzz Release 11.0.0

https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/tag/11.0.0

Decoding the Raster Tragedy: A Deep Dive into Font Rendering Challenges and Solutions

Font rendering on screens is a complex dance between art and technology, and Beat Stamm's exploration of the 'Raster Tragedy' sheds light on the intricacies of text display. This article delves into t...

https://news.lavx.hu/article/decoding-the-raster-tragedy-a-deep-dive-into-font-rendering-challenges-and-solutions

Har den senaste veckan inlett ett korståg över att få text att se likadan ut överallt där jag ”grejar”.

MacBook, Linux-laptop, Windows-laptop, Telefon 1, 2 & 3, Mac-desktop, Linux-desktop, Windows-desktop, iPad 1 & 2.

Alla dessa system har egna lösningar på text och det blir tydligt när man har dem sida vid sida.

En titelmatch jag försökt mig på förr…

Fann denna artikel som väldigt väl beskriver utmaningen och målet. https://tonsky.me/blog/monitors/

The GraphicalEmoji hack

https://xeiaso.net/blog/GraphicalEmoji