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From: Urs Holzer
Date: 6 Mar 2014 14:44:03
Message: <5318d003$1@news.povray.org>

Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 06/03/2014 10:21 AM, scott wrote:
>> Arbitrarily rotated windows implies you
>> need a very high pixel density to avoid visible aliasing.
> 
> It's called "vector graphics". ;-)

In fact, displays that actually work with vector graphics (see 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_display) instead of pixels indeed 
existed at some point: Instead of scanning line by line with a cathode 
ray you can also scan arbitrary lines.

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