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 ...