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As shown above, the monitor uses the usual RGB (Red, Green and Blue) stripe subpixel layout. This is the typical layout expected by modern operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Apple MacOS. You needn’t worry about text fringing from non-standard subpixel layouts as a Mac user and don’t need to run ClearType as a Windows user – although you may wish to run through the ClearType wizard and adjust according to preferences. You can see from the top image, taken from this monitor, that the subpixels are quite squat with ‘thick’ black spaces below and above each row of pixels. You can also see partial subpixel illumination in effect, with quite distinct gaps in the middle of the lettering in some cases and with only half of each subpixel at the top and bottom of every letter illuminated. Compare this with the bottom image, where the appearance is more blended and there is no partial subpixel illumination.
This subpixel arrangement is not uncommon on VA models and can cause issues with text clarity, particularly if (as in this case) the pixel density is not particularly high. It causes slight issues with text clarity, with text on this model appearing somewhat softer than it ideally would. It appears softer and has a slight ‘shadowy’ fringe around it in places, with the fringe a lighter shade than the text itself. Similar observations can be made when viewing relatively thin lines of the screen. Most users won’t find this problematic or necessarily even notice that text looks different on this model compared to models of a similar pixel density and no subpixel-related text display issues. Other users would notice this and could potentially find it bothersome, however. Note that the little grey crescent shape at the bottom of the ‘C’ in the top image is a piece of dust on the screen surface, not damage on the screen or an internal problem.
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