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How long has it been since you looked at Ubuntu's fonts? I use both OS X and Ubuntu, and Ubuntu is at least equal to OS X these days IMO.
by rufugee 17y ago
How long has it been since you looked at Ubuntu's fonts? I use both OS X and Ubuntu, and Ubuntu is at least equal to OS X these days IMO.
- jsz0 17y agoI dunno... http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu139/jsz0/fonttest.png http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu139/jsz0/fonttest.png
- nuclear_eclipse 17y agoJust tell Ubuntu/Gnome to use the DejaVu fonts by default. They are much nicer looking than the "standard" fonts. Also, `aptitude install ttf-mscorefonts-installer` goes a long way towards making the web look nicer, as does changing Firefox's default font selections. And yes, I wish Ubuntu would at least make DejaVu the defaults for everything out of the box.
- grandalf 17y agoI'm using Ubuntu and my screen looks like the OSX screen in the picture. The default ubuntu install comes with only free fonts, and clearly HN has been designed to look best with non free. All that is required to make both look the same is to type: sudo aptitude install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoI don't install the microsoft fonts and still HN looks like much more like the Mac OS X example for me on Ubuntu 9.10 with Chromium and Firefox.
- f00 17y agoBeing fair to the parent, you don't seem to have the MS web fonts installed on Ubuntu, so the two OSes are rendering different fonts. Still.. even if you do install the right fonts, the results will be the same.
- pbhjpbhj 17y agoThey look like different fonts and different weights (heavier fonts, emboldened, are more readable at smaller sizes). Both look ugly OSX ones are too ragged, Ubuntu are too sharp. Is it the exact same font being rendered by the different engines??
- avdi 17y agoI'm using Ubuntu and my fonts look nothing like that. And no, I don't use the Microsoft fonts. Something's messed up on that machine.
- f00 17y agoRun, don't walk, to your nearest optometrist and get your eyes checked. Ubuntu and OS X are not even remotely comparable from a typography standpoint. Using Freetype (the Linux/X11 lib for font rendering), tracking and stem thickness is inconsistent, ascenders and descenders get cut off, etc. The Freetype team puts forth a valiant effort, but until they're allowed to use Adobe/Apple/etc.'s patented hinting algorithms, there's no comparison.
- rbanffy 17y agoInterestingly enough, they probably are allowed to use those in my country ;-)