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by cwillu 11 days ago
s/better/blurrier/
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Life without retina displays is possible, but pointless.
Lower DPI is quite okay with good font rendering (FreeType, slight hinting, subpixel rendering). I have both kinds of devices.
I get kind of nostalgic when I see Verdana on 1024x768 in winxp/2k.
ClearType was/is a nifty technology. I remember I had a HP Jornada PocketPC that came preloaded with The Time Machine to show off ClearType.
I sometimes wish I’d never seen a Retina display. There’s no going back for me now.
Careful, you’ll bring out all the “but it’s true to print media” people.