The anti-aliasing that's on automatically in OS X is the closest you'll get to cleartype. AFAIK, there is no sub-pixel anti-aliasing on the Mac.
Out of curiosity, which do you prefer, cleartype or X's anti-aliasing? Some people prefer one or the other. I'm still not used to the blur I get on this 17" LCD I'm using.
I used to think XP's antialiasing was ugly, until I spent some time with it and discovered exactly how much more readable it is than OS X's. I really think people should benefit from being able to choose between readability and prettiness.
<strong>I really think people should benefit from being able to choose between readability and prettiness.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I agree.
Actually, there is a ClearType equivalent technology for MacOS, it's built into Adobe Acrobat 5.x and Adobe's type rendering engine "CoolType". I would guess that Adobe will roll out this implementation in other applications, because CoolType is a common technology between all of Adobe's apps.
And yes, Apple did "invent" sub-pixel positioning.
Real problem with all of these sub-pixel techs is that they canot really handle colour very well, black text on white backgrounds works best, reversing out text can look awful.
<strong>Apple invented cleartype. And that's not FUD, it's a fact. Remember the colorful text on the Apple //? That's exactly what cleartype is.</strong><hr></blockquote>
To pick nits, it's based on the technology Woz created and patented for the Apple ][ monitors, but's not verbatim. MS got to develop ClearType as part of the deal with Apple five years ago -- it included patent sharing. Hey, remember what displays were like in those days? :eek:
Patents only last 20 years, so if Apple patented subpixel font rendering it would have expired 3 or 4 years ago. But ClearType isn't the same as what the Apple ][ did anyway.
<strong>I'm still not used to the blur I get on this 17" LCD I'm using.</strong><hr></blockquote>Having spent all those $$$ on an Apple flat screen, I am now faced with a blurry font. Cool
<strong>Having spent all those $$$ on an Apple flat screen, I am now faced with a blurry font. Cool
- T.I.</strong><hr></blockquote>
There's a hack to switch off anti-aliasing in some situations, but IMO apple really dropped the ball for type rendering/choices in some situations in X.
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Out of curiosity, which do you prefer, cleartype or X's anti-aliasing? Some people prefer one or the other. I'm still not used to the blur I get on this 17" LCD I'm using.
Me included.
Gimme Quartz AA. Looks like paper.
<strong>I really think people should benefit from being able to choose between readability and prettiness.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I agree.
Actually, there is a ClearType equivalent technology for MacOS, it's built into Adobe Acrobat 5.x and Adobe's type rendering engine "CoolType". I would guess that Adobe will roll out this implementation in other applications, because CoolType is a common technology between all of Adobe's apps.
And yes, Apple did "invent" sub-pixel positioning.
Real problem with all of these sub-pixel techs is that they canot really handle colour very well, black text on white backgrounds works best, reversing out text can look awful.
<strong>Apple invented cleartype. And that's not FUD, it's a fact. Remember the colorful text on the Apple //? That's exactly what cleartype is.</strong><hr></blockquote>
To pick nits, it's based on the technology Woz created and patented for the Apple ][ monitors, but's not verbatim. MS got to develop ClearType as part of the deal with Apple five years ago -- it included patent sharing. Hey, remember what displays were like in those days? :eek:
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MS got to develop ClearType as part of the deal with Apple five years ago... </strong><hr></blockquote>
I'm not sure that patent sharing thing is true, MS were applying for a patent on their ClearType development.
I don't think any of my Windows buddies use it.
<strong>I'm still not used to the blur I get on this 17" LCD I'm using.</strong><hr></blockquote>Having spent all those $$$ on an Apple flat screen, I am now faced with a blurry font. Cool
- T.I.
<strong>Having spent all those $$$ on an Apple flat screen, I am now faced with a blurry font. Cool
- T.I.</strong><hr></blockquote>
There's a hack to switch off anti-aliasing in some situations, but IMO apple really dropped the ball for type rendering/choices in some situations in X.
You would've thought that Apple might have optimized it's OS for it's own monitors, but oh well.
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