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Old 09-08-2015, 01:06 AM   #281
kacir
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Excuse the ignorant question, but for eink aren't the cells geometrically aligned?
Yes, they are aligned.
I am talking about cells of electronics that "flip the bits". The tiny capsules that contain the particles are non-uniform and smaller than the grid of electronics. See picture linked to the post you are answering
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At 300 dpi, isn't that good enough for hinting to be helpful?
The higher the resolution, the less need for hinting.
An old monitor running at 640x480 had pixels much more visible to the naked eye than on a 6" screen with 1430x1080 pixels.

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