However, many factors and technologies determine the actual effectiveness
of the process: hinting, subpixel rendering, software capabilities and
operating system specifications, to name a few.
Here, we՚ll look at what you as a designer can do to improve the results of
anti-aliasing with Photoshop, Flash and CSS. Plus, we՚ll explain the
constraints of hardware, browsers and operating systems.
Technologies
Aliased vs. Anti-Aliased
It takes only a quick glance to realize that anti-aliasing is extremely
important to making text legible. With few exceptions, anti-aliased text can
dramatically reduce eye strain, not to mention that it renders glyphs much
closer to their intended design.
Because of this, designers must decide how, not if, anti-aliasing should
be used. This decision is based on a number of factors that one has to
consider in the process from design to delivery.
42pt “Goudy Oldstyle Bold”: aliased and anti-aliased versions