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The problem with "very much off" for font rendering is that it is relative to what you are used to, not relative to any actual standard font rendering. If you'v
by rjmunro 3y ago
The problem with "very much off" for font rendering is that it is relative to what you are used to, not relative to any actual standard font rendering. If you've been using Firefox a while, Chrome will look off. If you've been using Chrome, Firefox will look off.
- unethical_ban 3y ago"off" implies an error. Which browser does it correctly? Having used Vivaldi and Firefox in close succession I never noticed a difference.
- crazygringo 3y agoNo, "off" in this case merely implies different from what you're used to. This is aesthetic preference, there's no such thing as "correct". It goes back to the old debate on Mac vs. Windows font rendering -- do you like pixel alignment or do you like letterform accuracy? There's no right answer.
- Dylan16807 3y agoThere's no right answer to that question, but Mac does render fonts too thin because of gamma issues, if I'm remembering right.
- dataflow 3y ago> No, "off" in this case merely implies different from what you're used to. Kind of enough, but... > This is aesthetic preference, there's no such thing as "correct". "Correct" for the purposes of this discussion could be the normal OS rendering, and deviation from that is what would be "off"-ness.
- TonyTrapp 3y agoMaybe I am reading too much into the sentence but to me, "some people just don't notice or don't care" implies that there is something objectively broken about it that can be quantified.
- dataflow 3y agoThere is. I just posted a screenshot and explained it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37231149 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37231149