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Does subpixel rendering technology such as ClearType have any effect on CRT displays?

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Mar 15, 20264330 views
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If I understood correctly, subpixel rendering was originally designed to do anti-aliasing and improve the quality of text on LCD screens. It makes use of the fact that each pixel on a color LCD is actually a bunch of individual red, green, and blue subpixels and does some magic with them to make te…

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Not as such. The results vary from screen to screen between "blurry mess" to "nice and clear". Most computer monitor CRTs have a shadow mask which has a triangular arrangement of colors. Here there is clearly no way that subpixel rendering can work …

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