Examples
Photos were taken with a Canon PowerShot A470 digital camera using "Super Macro" mode and 4.0× digital zoom. The screen used was that integrated into a Lenovo G550 laptop. Note that the display has RGB pixels. Displays exist in all four patterns horizontal RGB/BGR and vertical RGB/BGR but horizontal RGB is the most common. In addition, several colour subpixel patterns have been developed specifically to take advantage of subpixel rendering. The best known of these is the PenTile matrix family of patterns.
The composite photographs below show three methods of font rendering for comparison. From top: Monochrome; Traditional (whole pixel) spatial anti-aliasing; Subpixel rendering.
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Lower case e subpixel rendered with FreeType
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Composite macro photograph of rendered letter e
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Lower case is subpixel rendered with FreeType
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Composite macro photograph of rendered word is
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Lower case w subpixel rendered with FreeType
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Composite macro photograph of rendered lowercase w
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Clear Type activated on a TFT
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No subpixel rendering on a TFT
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A subpixel accurate gradient.
Read more about this topic: Subpixel Rendering
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