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Old 11-13-2006, 01:42 PM   #25
Laurens
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Originally Posted by ath
Have you looked at typefaces designed for small size or low resolution? Normal faces are usualy designed for 10-12 pts on paper, and don't necessarily work in lower resolution or contrast.
I tried dozens of fonts, but basically they all come out too faint. It looks similar to bare, non-antialiased fonts on the desktop. I'm pretty sure font-smoothing is not really possible with just 4 shades of gray. Maybe the Iliad has better PDF text rendering because it offers 16 shades? Anyway, BBeB text rendering is just noticeably better.
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