Ask HN: Why does images of text always look better than actual text?

Please clarify.

Do you mean text rendered in the browser compared to a screenshot of text rendered as an SVG in Illustrator?

Or do you mean if I screenshotted this reply before sending it - the text would look better in the screenshot than when rendered on the screen?

Text vs. screenshots might appear that way if you have AA disabled or you don't load what ever micro-version of the font the website wants compared with the person who took the screenshot.