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Subject: Re: [9fans] problem using a vera font in rio
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An interesting article on text rasterization algorithms:

	http://www.antigrain.com/research/font_rasterization/index.html

After evaluating many fonts for programming, I found Verdana to be the most readable, for the same reasons described here (though I use 11pt anti-aliased by OS X):

	http://nickgravgaard.com/cgi-bin/elastictabstopsnews/blosxom.cgi/2009/12/22