While trying to update the sample with the newer changes, and without having to re-type the whole thing in Dreamweaver, I decided to take the shortcut and update the sample in Photoshop. I found two interesting things:
1. The font size in the sample is at 11pt in Dreamweaver. That same size characters are rendered at 14pt in Photoshop. Why the size difference? Photoshop is doing something weird with type.
2. While Dreamweaver text rendering engine—which I imagine is not specialized and is probably using standard Windows text rendering engine—renders the text with sub-pixel ClearType technology (read article here), Photoshop is still using the older anti-alising technology to render the text. This is Photoshop CC 2015 I'm talking about, so it's as latest as possible. I'm guessing they haven't felt the need to update text renderer in Photoshop.
Super legible monospaced suitable for coding. I can only repeat some of the opinions above: stylish, the monospaced letters feel very natural, not forced. The samples are very convincing. 10/10.
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Thanks, Rob.
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1. The font size in the sample is at 11pt in Dreamweaver. That same size characters are rendered at 14pt in Photoshop. Why the size difference? Photoshop is doing something weird with type.
2. While Dreamweaver text rendering engine—which I imagine is not specialized and is probably using standard Windows text rendering engine—renders the text with sub-pixel ClearType technology (read article here), Photoshop is still using the older anti-alising technology to render the text. This is Photoshop CC 2015 I'm talking about, so it's as latest as possible. I'm guessing they haven't felt the need to update text renderer in Photoshop.
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