The infinite-pixel screen | Butterick’s Practical Typography

Last week I up­graded my desk­top mon­i­tors. I re­tired my trusty Ap­ple Cin­ema Dis­plays in fa­vor of two 4K Dell mon­i­tors. As a ty­pog­ra­pher, the up­grade from black & white to grayscale fonts in the ’90s was pretty good. But 4K is much better.

The infinite-pixel screen | Butterick’s Practical Typography The infinite-pixel screen Last week I up­graded my desk­top mon­i­tors. I re­tired my trusty Ap­ple Cin­ema Dis­plays in fa­vor of two 4K Dell mon­i­tors. As a ty­pog­ra­pher, the up­grade from black & white to grayscale fonts in the ’90s was pretty good. But 4K is much better. High-res­o­lu­tion dis­plays like these have al­ready taken over phones and tablets. It’s nice to see that they’re spread­ing into lap­tops and desk­tops too. The mon­i­tors are mounted on a Hu­man­scale stand. As of 2020, the Dell mon­i­tors have been re­plac

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