sub-pixel anti-aliasing through vnc ?

[Jonathan Morton]

>Depends on the graphics system running at the client end...
>
>If the graphics system (hardware or software or combined) is capable 
>of doing sub pixel font rendering with an algorithm matching that of 
>the server, I think it should be possible.
>
>BTW, just as a info note, what MS is touting as new technology (i.e. 
>Sub pixel font rendering) is infact around 23 years old.
>It was used by Steve Wozniak when he designed the Apple ][ to give a 
>good output for fonts on the television screens then being used for 
>display.

And it's not just Apple that's used that technology - it's been in 
the Acorn RiscOS for rather a while as well.  My parents have a 
RiscPC 600 from early 1994, with it's original ROM, and which 
supports sub-pixel font anti-aliasing at any font size.  It made text 
look *so* much better, even though the Acorn used the larger 96dpi 
screen resolution to begin with.

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