Glyph rendering

A system for rendering a glyph, comprising:

• one or more processing units;
• and
• memory comprising instructions that when executed by at least one of the one or more processing units, implement at least some of:
• a glyph rendering quality determination component configured to identify a rendering quality for the glyph at a second sub-pixel position based at least upon a determined brightness value aspect for at least a portion of the glyph to be rendered at the second sub-pixel position, a determined contrast value aspect for the at least a portion of the glyph and a determined typographical preference aspect for the at least a portion of the glyph;
• a position shift selection component configured to select a sub-pixel position shift for the glyph based at least upon the rendering quality;
• and
• a shift application component configured to apply the sub-pixel position shift to the glyph and render the glyph on a display.

A computer readable medium, excluding signals, comprising instructions that when executed perform a method for rendering a glyph, comprising:

• receiving the glyph and a first sub-pixel position for the glyph;
• identifying a rendering quality for the glyph based at least upon a determined brightness value aspect for at least a portion of the glyph to be rendered at the second sub-pixel position, a determined contrast value aspect for the at least a portion of the glyph and a determined typographical preference aspect for the at least a portion of the glyph;
• selecting a sub-pixel position shift for the glyph based at least upon the rendering quality;
• and
• rendering the glyph on a display comprising applying the sub-pixel position shift to the glyph.