Since my first Apple computer I have been astonished by the way text was presented on screen! Compared to my PC monitors the screen of my iMac was superb, but also the characters (fonts) were so much better looking on Mac than on my Windows computer; better readable.
I say astonished, but it was more an effect of surprise to see that there was a computer brand that made a difference, and made every thing look more nicely. For some reason Windows holds on to the screen presentation of fonts in a dot like way, whereas Apple always presented the fonts in a way that it seems there are no dots at all. Maybe that sounds complicated…
If you have or use a Windows machine, just look closely at the figures and characters on screen. Most of the characters seems to exist of a number of somewhat square cubes. For the elderly among us… it looks a bit like how a matrix printer reproduced fonts on paper.
In the image below (from Wikipedia) you can see what the difference is between the two methods. Apple presents fonts in the manner on the right, and Windows according to left. I have to say that the way a font is presented may vary because some applications overrule the OS. Normally the OS dictates the way for applications though. Because of this it’s possible that the standard
aliased font of Windows may be overruled by application ‘X’ so it will be ati-aliased.
Anyway, look at the pictures and ask yourself the question what you like best, which font and shape looks best?
If you ask me… the aliased one is way to ugly to be a in the competition! It looks so backdated! But hey, that’s what I think. Maybe you think anti-aliased fonts are too vague… and you like the crude lines for some reason. It’s a matter of taste really.
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I say astonished, but it was more an effect of surprise to see that there was a computer brand that made a difference, and made every thing look more nicely. For some reason Windows holds on to the screen presentation of fonts in a dot like way, whereas Apple always presented the fonts in a way that it seems there are no dots at all. Maybe that sounds complicated…
If you have or use a Windows machine, just look closely at the figures and characters on screen. Most of the characters seems to exist of a number of somewhat square cubes. For the elderly among us… it looks a bit like how a matrix printer reproduced fonts on paper.
In the image below (from Wikipedia) you can see what the difference is between the two methods. Apple presents fonts in the manner on the right, and Windows according to left. I have to say that the way a font is presented may vary because some applications overrule the OS. Normally the OS dictates the way for applications though. Because of this it’s possible that the standard
aliased font of Windows may be overruled by application ‘X’ so it will be ati-aliased.
Anyway, look at the pictures and ask yourself the question what you like best, which font and shape looks best?
If you ask me… the aliased one is way to ugly to be a in the competition! It looks so backdated! But hey, that’s what I think. Maybe you think anti-aliased fonts are too vague… and you like the crude lines for some reason. It’s a matter of taste really.
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