Today I learned: Vertical monitors and subpixel anti-aliasing

11 Aug 2022

Something I learned today from a coworker: if you turn your monitor sideways, subpixel anti-aliasing gets completely broken. This isn't as much of an issue on today's high-dpi displays, but for anything lower than a 4k screen, the effect can be noticeable. Just a little interesting thing I learned today. Thanks to my good, knowledgeable friend and coworker Jonner Steck! Also, while we're on the topic of font rendering, I've updated Iosevka Output to more closely match Input Mono: the cross-bar on the f now lines up nicely with the x-height. ...