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Create a vertical 'digital book' for laptops
Authored by: coop on Jun 29, '04 07:53:03AM

Cute trick, but it can make the text worse to read. The reason? The sub-pixel text rendering that Mac OS X uses. It was designed for screens where the RGB elements are tall and thin, so it increases perceived DPI across the screen.. which is what makes X's text so nice to read. When you turn the screen around, you lose all that and the horizontal resolution of your text drops two thirds. This made the text harder to read for me, unfortunately. If you can get along with the drop in resolution and clarity, however, go for it, it definitely turns it into a nice book-like form factor! :)



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