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Font rasterization crushes perfect vector shapes into pixels

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Text is inherently built of flawless vector curves, but monitors can only display rigid square pixels. Font rasterization mathematically crushes those beautiful mathematical curves into a harsh pixel grid, using subtle grayscale shading at the edges to pretend the curves survived. It is a mandatory destruction of typography required just to display a readable menu.

Font rasterization crushes perfect vector shapes into pixels
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