JPEG vs PNG Debate

The cluster focuses on debates about using PNG over JPEG for images containing text or sharp elements, criticizing JPEG's compression artifacts and praising PNG's lossless quality, with some noting PNG's drawbacks like larger sizes for photos or slower processing.

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cloudwalking Oct 27, 2010 View on HN

And use JPG rather than PNG--the compression is designed for stuff like this.

guelo Apr 12, 2016 View on HN

Classic case where PNG would have been superior.

BerislavLopac May 1, 2010 View on HN

Errr, isn't that what PNG is for? o.O

chaosmachine Oct 1, 2009 View on HN

And compression artifacts. They used JPEG instead of PNG :\

Ono-Sendai Nov 23, 2015 View on HN

Don't use jpeg format for this stuff, you'll end up just looking at blocking artifacts. Use PNG.

fao_ Jun 5, 2017 View on HN

What benefits does this have over PNG, farbfeld, etc. ?

rsp1984 Apr 2, 2022 View on HN

PNG works quite well on these kinds of images too.

legulere Nov 21, 2013 View on HN

The JPEG artifacts here really hurt. A png would also have been smaller probably.

nightcracker Sep 25, 2021 View on HN

PNG is lossless, so it really does.

blt Nov 2, 2017 View on HN

Please at least use png, jpg is terrible for compressing images of text.