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Off topic but can a another Windows user can tell me if the text looks horrible to you as it does to me? http://i.imgur.com/rooNb.png http://i.imgur.com/rooNb.p

by krelian 14y ago

Off topic but can a another Windows user can tell me if the text looks horrible to you as it does to me? http://i.imgur.com/rooNb.png http://i.imgur.com/rooNb.png I know Chrome has bad font rendering problems on Windows but this is just atrocious. Also FF is a bit better but not by much. This usually happens to me with webfonts only. The fact that I see so little complaints about this online make me think that perhaps it has something to do with my system. edit: an even worse example http://i.imgur.com/XTATn.png http://i.imgur.com/XTATn.png

cancelbubble 14y ago
Pretty much the same rendering here, Windoze 7 and FF. They're probably all on Macs. As another case-in-point, check out the headlines at http://christianheilmann.com/ http://christianheilmann.com/ (Chris is on a Mac). Also note the transformed sidebar. I bet that looks much more legible on a Mac.
hoka 14y ago
yeah, I'm getting that look too.
TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
You may wish to try adjusting your ClearType settings.
codinghorror 14y ago
Can we please get a Chrome release version that uses DirectWrite like FF4+ and IE9+ already? Sheesh. https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/chromium-dev/5BQYLaalCoY https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/?fromgroups#!...
nfriedly 14y ago
cancelbubble: I can't reply to your comment directly, but your account appears to have been hellbanned for quite a while. I'm not sure how to get that undone, try contacting pg.
nilliams 14y ago
What I see matches your screens. The font renders poorly on Windows (Chrome & Firefox), on 2 different PCs (one Vista, one Windows 7). Cleartype is enabled (default). I've seen similar problems with web fonts before, but this is especially bad (probably exacerbated by the small font-size) so you're not alone. Shame, as it detracts from the rest of the design which is pleasingly beautiful. Back on-topic: Very interested in this release, router sounds especially promising. Hope to see some docs on that soon.
kn8 14y ago
Could this be due to the background image?
- kaonashi 14y ago
  That exacerbates it a bit, but the font is still pretty blocky unless you zoom the fuck out of it.
qatalo 14y ago
this is a generic windows issue. usually noticed by users who switch over to it after using a mac for a while. lets just say font-aliasing is not one of windows strengths.
- nilliams 14y ago
  Whilst you're right that Windows fonts are generally rendered poorly in comparison to Mac/Linux, this is especially an issue with web-fonts afaict. Web-safe fonts like Arial, Georgia etc look (pretty much) fine under Windows. In fact I think something else is at work here, because actually the main font this site is using is 'Lato' which looks just fine under Windows if you search for it at http://www.google.com/webfonts http://www.google.com/webfonts
jasdeepnarang 14y ago
Glorious Windows!
Axsuul 14y ago
Looks atrocious for me as well.

by krelian 14y ago

cancelbubble 14y ago

Pretty much the same rendering here, Windoze 7 and FF. They're probably all on Macs. As another case-in-point, check out the headlines at http://christianheilmann.com/ http://christianheilmann.com/ (Chris is on a Mac). Also note the transformed sidebar. I bet that looks much more legible on a Mac.

hoka 14y ago

yeah, I'm getting that look too.

TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago

You may wish to try adjusting your ClearType settings.

codinghorror 14y ago

Can we please get a Chrome release version that uses DirectWrite like FF4+ and IE9+ already? Sheesh. https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/chromium-dev/5BQYLaalCoY https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/?fromgroups#!...

nfriedly 14y ago

cancelbubble: I can't reply to your comment directly, but your account appears to have been hellbanned for quite a while. I'm not sure how to get that undone, try contacting pg.

nilliams 14y ago

What I see matches your screens. The font renders poorly on Windows (Chrome & Firefox), on 2 different PCs (one Vista, one Windows 7). Cleartype is enabled (default). I've seen similar problems with web fonts before, but this is especially bad (probably exacerbated by the small font-size) so you're not alone. Shame, as it detracts from the rest of the design which is pleasingly beautiful. Back on-topic: Very interested in this release, router sounds especially promising. Hope to see some docs on that soon.

kn8 14y ago

Could this be due to the background image?

kaonashi 14y ago
That exacerbates it a bit, but the font is still pretty blocky unless you zoom the fuck out of it.

qatalo 14y ago

this is a generic windows issue. usually noticed by users who switch over to it after using a mac for a while. lets just say font-aliasing is not one of windows strengths.

nilliams 14y ago
Whilst you're right that Windows fonts are generally rendered poorly in comparison to Mac/Linux, this is especially an issue with web-fonts afaict. Web-safe fonts like Arial, Georgia etc look (pretty much) fine under Windows. In fact I think something else is at work here, because actually the main font this site is using is 'Lato' which looks just fine under Windows if you search for it at http://www.google.com/webfonts http://www.google.com/webfonts

jasdeepnarang 14y ago

Glorious Windows!

Axsuul 14y ago

Looks atrocious for me as well.