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I wonder if this explains why lots of websites using fancy new web fonts look absolutely hideous in my Chrome (I have a lot of the experimental acceleration opt
by drivebyacct2 16y ago
I wonder if this explains why lots of websites using fancy new web fonts look absolutely hideous in my Chrome (I have a lot of the experimental acceleration options turned on). I accept responsibility for it, but the results can be shockingly off putting.
Sadly I can't think of an example to post a screenshot of. I'll be on the lookout.
- sibsibsib 16y agoare you on windows? I find this happens on windows more so than mac. I believe its a combination of bad hinting combined with Microsoft's very crisp font smoothing. Windows can really mess with the kerning as well...
- drivebyacct2 16y agoNo, I'm in Ubuntu. In Windows I leave the about:flags alone since I use it so rarely.
- pak 16y agoFonts in Ubuntu can be absolutely unpredictable when it comes rendering time. I remember an install of msttcore-fonts that I thought would allow me to see sites built with Verdana, Tahoma, etc. similarly to Chrome on a windows box. Not even close, and I'm talking about the kerning, not even the subpixel quality. IIRC as sibsib said windows takes major liberties with the kerning to keep its core fonts on the pixel grid, and if msttcore-fonts are hinted, they sure don't come out at all similar to the windows versions.
- drivebyacct2 16y agoNot anymore. My fonts in Ubuntu are gorgeous and consistent everywhere except some Java applications, and even then Eclipse hasn't given me trouble for several releases of Ubuntu. I know Mac users drool over their fonts, and as an owner and heavy user of my MBP, I much, much prefer Ubuntu's font rendering to OS X's and ClearType. This is something very, very different. It's only on specific sites and it's only in Chrome when I have the hardware acceleration turned on.
- naner 16y agoI wasn't even aware hardware acceleration in Chrome worked on Linux.