Why does low screen resolution impact the perceived evenness of letter spacing when using a proportional font (variable tracking)?

💡 Explanation

Low resolution causes quantization errors because the limited number of pixels available misrepresents the intended whitespace between characters, disrupting uniform tracking. Therefore, perceived letter spacing unevenness results, rather than artifacts introduced by subpixel rendering or color issues.

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