Behind the design: A deep dive into Aptos

In what way does it look bad? Historically, digital-focus fonts have been drawn specifically to handle very lo res displays, or very small print applications (optical embellishment, ink traps, etc)… but given that type designers are notoriously detail oriented and that font files are collections of vectors, I can’t see a reason why the design would lead to these effects. Ironically (since this is a Microsoft post) Windows often mangles type display, so can browser settings and CSS defaults/resets.

Re: Behind the design: A deep dive into Aptos

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Post by waldothedog » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 3:15 PM UTC

waldothedog wrote: post #8

giva wrote: post #5

Is this font designed for HiDpI displays? It really looks bad on my fullhd laptop and on my 32 inch 4k monitor.

In what way does it look bad? Historically, digital-focus fonts have been drawn specifically to handle very lo res displays, or very small print applications (optical embellishment, ink traps, etc)… but given that type designers are notoriously detail oriented and that font files are collections of vectors, I can’t see a reason why the design would lead to these effects. Ironically (since this is a Microsoft post) Wi…

For clarification, that was a “in what way?” to get more information, not to dispute that it looks fugly for you.

Re: Behind the design: A deep dive into Aptos

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Post by ramraj07 » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 3:19 PM UTC

shrubble wrote: post #7

That's a lot of words to not even show the typeface clearly at different sizes...

Isnt the entire blog in that font?