its a question of slope, yup. a line that is 1/32 might look very nice, because the slant is so slight and the length so long that the height gap between one and two pixels doesnt appear as important. but a slope that is 1/8 will appear terrible because the difference is greater. each pixel jump is nearly 12.5% of the total length, four times as visually disturbing 3.125%. AA also happens to work less well on near-straight lines because of its blockiness, giving dither the upper hand.
the main issue i have with the dithering is that i never work with lines long enough to be worth using it on.
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