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Originally Posted by TXCiclista
Here's a shot that I' ve cropped to place PW and K3 text side by side (OK, really top-and-bottom). Top is PW and bottom is K3. This is actually an interesting comparison. Looking at "Red Book" it seems obvious that the PW (top) has the better font. It's smoother and it's clear there are more "pixels" involved. However, the K3 seems (to me) to win on crispness. But perhaps there's an explanation in that the K3 font is actually the cruder of the two, and so just appears to be crisper because it's just not as refined and smooth a font?
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The top one is clearly superior.
Uses more pixels, seems to have better antialiasing.
But I can see why some would prefer the more pixelated one. The straight edges of letters seem to be more clearly defined.
Amazon perhaps didn't make hinting as aggressive on PW, because there is no such urgent need for it.
When you show Windows screen to an Apple user or Apple screen to a Windows user, they are going to be dissatisfied. This is because Windows users are used to aggressively hinted fonts, while Apple antialiases at any cost. See
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html
So, this is mainly about user preference.