antialiased

Pixels blended at edges

Antialiased describes graphics or text rendered with smoothed edges to reduce the jagged, stair-step appearance that occurs when diagonal or curved lines meet a pixel grid.

The technique blends edge pixels with surrounding colors to create the illusion of smoother transitions: The antialiased font looks much cleaner on screen.

Common in digital typography, game graphics, and image processing.

artifacts

jaggies

Pixelated edge distortion

stairsteppingAscending in increments
moireRippled textile finish
bandingAdding decorative strips

shimmer · crawling · flickering · pixelated · blocky · sawtooth · stepping · artifacts · noise

rendering

subpixel

Pixel's colored subdivision

jaggiesPixelated edge distortion
multisamplingAveraging multiple pixel samples
supersamplingExcess resolution for smoothness

pixelation · sampling · filtering · interpolation · bilinear · trilinear · anisotropic · rasterization · downsampling · oversampling

typography

hinting

Suggesting indirectly

subpixelPixel's colored subdivision
glyphVisual form of character
vectorQuantity with direction

typeface · readability · legibility · kerning · rendering · grayscale · stem · baseline · crisp · sharp

appearance

smooth

Without roughness or difficulty

crispFirm and breakable
sharpFine-edged, or astute
cleanFree of soil

refined · polished · sleek · clear · blended · gradual · seamless · fluid · subtle · high-quality

Opposites

edge smoothness

antialiasedaliased

Using assumed name

jagged · pixelated · jaggy · blocky · sawtooth

image processing state

antialiasedunsmoothed

Not made even

raw · unfiltered · unprocessed · native · untreated

Family

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G