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Even though the intent is to make the screenshot look more professional, there is a flaw that makes the result look unprofessional. The flaw is that the text in
by roryokane 14y ago
Even though the intent is to make the screenshot look more professional, there is a flaw that makes the result look unprofessional. The flaw is that the text in the title bar and the location bar isn't rendered as it would be on a Mac. See the difference in this reference screenshot I found: http://macamour.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/safari4_screenshot.png http://macamour.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/safari4_....
Here are the problems with the text rendering that I could spot:
• The current text has too much hinting and not enough anti-aliasing. Use different font smoothing settings in whatever code you're using to overlay the text.
• The font appears to be Aktiv Grotesk, but should be Lucida Grande.
• The baseline of the URL text is not aligned with the baseline of "Google" in the search bar.
On the other hand, the light-gray-shadow embedding effect of the title looks good.
As a side note, the explanatory text has very many small grammar and capitalization errors. Getting the text revised by a friend might help. But it's not too bad, because the controls are really all you need to use the site, and the controls are explained pretty clearly.
Also, I like the fact that you give default values for everything, so you can see exactly how the app works without digging around for an image.
- ksat 14y ago* I'll see what I can do. * I am using Lucida Grande, but it needs to be installed on the machine. * Should I move it down like 2 pixles? Seems fine on my machine though Thanks for the feedback. I am not english native - ran the blog through a online-grammer-checker something and it said everything is fine :)
- veemjeem 14y agoWould the average person who prefers "professional" screenshots be able to tell the difference between Aktiv Grotesk and Lucida Grande? You have a sharp eye, but I would think 99.9% of the population looking at these screenshots would not complain about Aktiv Grotesk.
- roryokane 14y agoActually, from looking at the generated image, I was only able to tell that the font looked vaguely "wrong". I found out it was specifically Aktiv Grotesk only by going through many steps on Identifont: http://www.identifont.com/identify?22+%20+9J+39+1R6+26RB+4PW+2L+G39+8W+30D+2BT+42+1U9+1KU+53K+4A+19+6X5+1R0+1KK+1T+9Z http://www.identifont.com/identify?22+%20+9J+39+1R6+26RB+4PW.... But still, I agree that most people would probably not notice the font being off at all. And the font smoothing difference jumps out at me the most; if the use of Aktiv Grotesk was the only difference from real Safari, I might not have noticed anything.