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Looks fantastic on a real operating system at 1920x1080. Gwern is many things, a few of them positive, but he's not a designer. He's just a guy with an internet connection. The site works, though. Just install a better operating system, ideally with X11, that can do proper typography.

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> Just install a better operating system, ideally with X11, that can do proper typography.

Ahhh if only life were so simple. While I'm at it, can you provide me with an alternate skill-set and career path that doesn't need me to use Windows for my employment?

"I have to use a plastic spork for work. Therefore, I cannot use a metal utensil at home. Therefore, you shouldn't be able to make food that doesn't mesh well with my plastic spork."

.NET works with Linux, anyway.

X11 does not do proper typography at all and in fact its text support is not used these days. You might be thingking of freetype / harfbuzz / pango.

Exactly! X11 gives you options, and doesn't force anything on your programs, allowing program designers to use fitting tools for the job.

> he's not a designer. He's just a guy with an internet connection.

His website is wonderfully designed, so I am having a hard time understanding your point…

Something can be designed well without being made by a designer. Jaruzel accused him of being a designer as a "reason" for why the site's functionality was, allegedly (and wrongly), not working on low-DPI devices.

In reality, he's just a guy who made something cool and non-commercial on the internet.

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