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- From: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi)
- Newsgroups: comp.fonts,gnu.misc.discuss
- Subject: Re: "Hinting" using antialiasing? A GNUish alternative...
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- Date: 27 Dec 92 21:09:19 GMT
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- In-Reply-To: freek@phil.ruu.nl's message of 25 Dec 92 17: 39:20 GMT
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- On 25 Dec 92 17:39:20 GMT, freek@phil.ruu.nl (Freek Wiedijk) said:
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- freek> (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
- pcg>... for some silly reason color screens are prevalent, ...
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- freek> It's probably the same reason why color televisions are prevalent
- freek> over black-and-white televisions.
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- Well, it cannot be: I don't watch document and programs on my TV. Indeed
- I would be quite annoyed at its poor resolution and fuzziness if I did.
- That's (one reason) why nobody uses TVs as monitors.
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- My theory is that people buy color monitors to view documents and
- programs on it only because they look glitzier, and that sells. :-)
- --
- Piercarlo Grandi, Dept of CS, PC/UW@Aberystwyth <pcg@aber.ac.uk>
- E l'italiano cantava, cantava. E le sue disperate invocazioni giunsero
- alle orecchie del suo divino protettore, il dio della barzelletta
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