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minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 days agoI don’t get it. Is the point that the lines are diagonal, rather than vertical or horizontal? Is it that a proper tool would have anti-aliased them? Is it that the rightmost lines have been scaled up so have fatter pixels than the others (anisotropically in one case I think)?
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoNeither. It’s about using screen pixels to make vertical/horizontal lines, using aliasing as feature.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoWhy would you want to make horizontal or vertical lines in this way except to make a diagonal one? Why are the last two lines scaled?
I don’t get it.
Is the point that the lines are diagonal, rather than vertical or horizontal?
Is it that a proper tool would have anti-aliased them?
Is it that the rightmost lines have been scaled up so have fatter pixels than the others (anisotropically in one case I think)?
Neither. It’s about using screen pixels to make vertical/horizontal lines, using aliasing as feature.
Why would you want to make horizontal or vertical lines in this way except to make a diagonal one?
Why are the last two lines scaled?