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2009-10-20 , 18:36
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Originally Posted by javispedro View Post
(Sorry for editing the message while you were replying, I'm not going to do that again).
And what does a screenshot prove?
That the same page rendered at 1024x600 works better than at 800x480. I believe you agreed with this assessment.

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Other than rendering with higher DPI results in higher font quality, which is common sense.[/quote]
DPI is a red herring at the moment. We're not talking Inches, we're talking Pixels. We're rendering a page of a PDF at one res vs another.

What does this have to do with eyesight?
Nothing; you're brining eyesight into it. It's your assertion that I can't be seeing what I'm seeing.

Please note DPI means two things here. A screen has a "real" DPI, basically "#pixels/#inchs". A font rendered also has a DPI setting, which instructs it how many pixels tall a X pt font will be.
The real DPI of your eeePC 901 is lower than the N810.
Yes.

The font renderer DPI (let's call it "Evince's zoom") is higher in your 1024 screenshot than your 800 one.
Yes. This is a fundamental problem of rendering a continuous thing to a discrete system.

Sorry, but I have to say yes.
Right, then we agree that rendering the same text with more pixels will get you a better result. Yay!

You think the smudginess you see can be fixed by adding more pixels.
Yes, I think we agree that rendering the same text at higher res (i.e. higher pixels per glyph) would generally render the text clearer.

Can you read a 8pt at the default 96dpi setting in the tablet? I hardly can.
Yes. I can, at approximately 2 feet from my eyes. (Checked on the n810 with terminal set to 8pt). 6pt is possible at shorter range (1 foot).

Now try the same experiment on your eeePC.
The fonts on my eee are at 6pt, and I read them with the eee on my lap (approx 3-4 ft).
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