Questions tagged [subpixel-rendering]
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Why are some glyphs slightly taller/shorter than others in the same font?
Occasionally, I'll browse to a page where some of the glyphs are rendered slightly taller or shorter than the others. Today's example is from a column of stock prices:
Notice that the '1', '4', '5', ...
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Why is it recommended to use an even numbered grid in pixel-snapped icons?
It seems to me that if your stroke width is odd (e.g. 1), wouldn't it make more sense to have an odd number of pixels so you could perfectly center lines and be aligned to pixels?
However, I've never ...
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Does pixel snapping make a difference?
It is common to see the recommendation to have icons be pixel-snapped to avoid blurriness. However, I've done a test with more or less the same image, one pixel-snapped and one unaligned with the ...
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how to put a 3d scan as a simple circulating object on a website?
i'm new to 3d scans and just downloaded POLYCAM yesterday.
what programs are needed for simple editing those files? making it more complex, adding text or atmospheric things, another object.
or: i ...
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How to display pixel art on a website?
Pixel art of the sizes 16x16, 32x32, 64x64 px is too small in size (ranging from 100-500 Bytes). How do I display them properly scaled on a website?
for ex: cryptopunks website has punks which are ...
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Is there a way to create this particular "Pixel Smoothing" Effect in Paint.NET or any other program/site?
So, a while back I was looking for ways to improve the textures of a particular game, and I came across a Pixel Smoothing algorithm for the game Terraria.
I particularly had an interest in using this ...
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Salt-and-pepper noise in V-Ray
I need to create renderings without anti-aliasing (i need to sample exactly and only pixel centers). For this reason, I deactivate the "Max subdivs" property of the Bucket image sampler and set Min ...
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Font rendering blurry in browser
So hopefully this is the right form for this question.
I'm not much of a designer however on a site I'm working on, I noticed that on my "404" page, the text appears blurry on chrome, and a lot more ...
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Sketch rendering colors in wrong way for PNG and PDF
Sketch has been showing wrong colors when importing vector images (PDF format) and images (PNG format). I've noticed this several times. Has anyone else faced a similar issue?
I followed this link, ...
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Text Rendering Photoshop
I just purchased this font and I seemed to notice it looks very different to one of the samples they provide. I did a side by side comparison of their sample and me entering the text on photoshop and ...
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SVGs export adding pixels in preview and browser
Hopefully some simple solution to this, but basically when I export an icon create in sketch it basically adds a pixel. Is this an export problem or a rendering issue in chrome for example? (or both).
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Is it possible to avoid the fine lines that render between the shapes in this grid? [duplicate]
I used the grid tool to create a grid of squares for a texture, but I'm seeing very clear fine lines rendering at the edges between some - not all - of the rows and columns.
Unfortunately, these ...
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What were major font rendering improvements in the last ten years?
So here am I, average Internet consumer sitting and sipping coffee, doing nothing but wondering why my fonts look so much better almost everywhere I look.
I still vaguely remember those disgusting, ...
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Why are white digital fonts composed of more colors than white? [duplicate]
I know that colors are comprised of many other colors that can't be directly seen. But white? I thought white was just white. How come a combination of blue, yellow and red are not only are invisible ...
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Why does browser add bluish and brownish colors to a solid font color?
I'm wondering why my browser (Firefox) add blue tints on the right and brown tints on the left of a solid grey (#333333) font color as shown in the image below.
Could somebody explain to me why this ...
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How to render text pixel-perfectly with subpixel antialising with Illustrator?
I'm exporting a document to raster image with Illustrator and get this result:
But I want to get this quality:
It lookes more pixel-perfect and thin then the Illustrator's render.
How do I setup ...
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Is it possible to make Photoshop pixel perfect?
As a web designer I hate one particular thing about Photoshop:
Is it possible to force PS CS6 to turn decimal pixels EVERYWHERE off?
I've been lurking around GD for a while now and nothing seems to ...
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How does pixel hinting work?
In this question, a user asks how he can create a vector image that scales down smoothly.
Pixel hinting is the solution:
Anti aliasing treats every edge like a nail, smashing and smoothing
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When to use "Align to Pixel Grid" in Adobe Illustrator?
The title pretty much says it all. Looking for pros/cons, and situations where it should / shouldn't be used.
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Subpixel antialiasing for fonts rendered to an image?
As I understand it, producing an image with fonts that are subpixel antialiased is nonsense because once the font is rendered to an image (clarification: bitmap image), the subpixels will turn into ...
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Is there a way how to replicate the subpixel rendering look of Windows/Outlook/browsers in Photoshop?
I would like to replicate the antialiasing made by my browser in photoshop. Look at this picture: It is 500% image of standard 13px Arial #464646 font. First line is screenshot from browser(chrome), ...
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Distributed rendering in adobe premiere cs 6
Does adobe premiere cs 6 supports distributed rendering? I have been searching and have found very few info about it. If it does, could you point me to a tutorial on how to set it up?
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How does Apple's retina display affect sub-pixel rendering?
How will Font Rasterization and Sub pixel rendering be affected with the new retina displays?
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Anticipating problems with a Google Webfont's rendering cross-platform
Web fonts can sometimes look great on one machine, but awful on another, due to differences in rendering not just between browsers, but also with the same browser between operating systems.
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Resizing vector paths to pixel bounds
I have an iOS layout designed for Retina, which means it's double the resolution of the older devices. To create standard-resolution PNGs, I would need to scale down the design by 50%.
Problem is, I ...
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lock path/selection/guides to pixel borders
I have been having a heck of a time with photoshop trying to export some layers which have transparent edges but need to line up (top, repeating-middle and bottom images for a faux rounded corner ...
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Why do some letters look odd at 100% but not 200%?
I'm looking at a document both in InDesign and, after exporting to PDF, in Acrobat, and the strangest thing is happening to my font; some letters are looking different than they should when shown at ...
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How can I ensure my custom font-face icons alias correctly?
I have a set of icons as a custom font and am using them in place of an image sprite.
The issue is the icons alias terribly at low sizes; i.e. the size that they are meant to be in the majority of ...
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Font-face loaded on Windows look really bad. Which fonts are you using that render better?
EDIT: The problem was that I did not have "Cleartype" turned on in my settings on Vista. This question may not have much meaning if you have Cleartype is installed/enabled on Windows OS.
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