Comment by mistercow
1 day ago
Also, even if, as the author wishes, there were a protocol for learning the subpixel layout of a display, and that got widespread adoption, you can bet that some manufacturers would screw it up and cause rendering issues that would be very difficult for end users to understand.
This kind of problem has been dealt with before. It has a known solution:
- A protocol to ask the hardware
- A database of quirks about hardware that is known to provide wrong information
- A user override for when neither of the previous options do the job