A TECHNIQUE THAT SMOOTHES JAGGED EDGES ON TEXT AND GRAPHICS.
Aliasing happens when curved or diagonal lines look jagged, a bit like stair steps, because there aren’t enough pixels to show them smoothly. That’s where anti-aliasing comes in.
It works by blending the edges with nearby colors, creating the illusion of smoothness. Instead of harsh black-and-white transitions, you get soft grays or subtle gradients that trick the eye.
The technique traces back to early computer graphics in the 1970s, when engineers needed a way to make low-resolution visuals look more polished.
It became especially important with the rise of screen-based typography, where crisp letterforms could appear blocky without it.
Today, anti-aliasing is baked into everything from operating systems to web browsers. A quiet fix that makes type look clean, readable, and professional, pixel by pixel.
