Bitmap fonts make computers feel like computers again

This seems to be the center of the author's argument.

But I prefer legibility, readability, being easy on the eye. I also prefer antialiasing for its smoothness.

Every screen I have has been Retina for a long time. I greatly appreciate that text is now as legible as it is in books. No distracting jaggies.

I don't want my computer to feel like some nostalgic 1980's computer. I just want to get my work done, which involves a lot of reading and writing, both code and non-code, which is just more legible with vector fonts on a retina screen.

At the end of the day, jaggies are a visual distraction. They're cool if you want a retro vibe that distracts and calls attention to itself for aesthetic purposes. But not for general computer usage.

It just feels disingenuous. Put a disclaimer at the top, so at least I know. But there's not, it's the author's name.

I can prompt chatgpt to write me this. I want to hear from people who know the tech/history.

But the bitmaps do make me nostalgic, maybe useful to read my own old code and cringe a little less.