Does Safari's cleartype text give you a headache?


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If Apple is so worried about rendering the font the way the font was supposed to be rendered, perhaps they should find a way to embed the font into the page so that rendered fonts appear the way they are supposed to.

Windows allows graphics on the display canvas... maybe Apple should draw the canvas the way it should be?

Nah, that would be too easy- drawing things the way you want them to look.

Way to go Apple!

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That page looks horrible to me. Wide band on the left of the browser window, capped off- top and bottom, by grey bars.

If Apple is so worried about rendering the font the way the font was supposed to be rendered, perhaps they should find a way to embed the font into the page so that rendered fonts appear the way they are supposed to.

Windows allows graphics on the display canvas... maybe Apple should draw the canvas the way it should be?

Nah, that would be too easy- drawing things the way you want them to look.

Way to go Apple!

That page looks horrible to me. Wide band on the left of the browser window, capped off- top and bottom, by grey bars.

Say what? The Neowin page?

Wow that's what I'd call a minimalist dock. lol

Quicksilver is my friend ;)

Wow, I was thinking the font smoothing had to be different on Safari in Windows because everyone was complaining about it. But since it's the same I think everyone of you Vista users who think Vista's font smoothing is better are insane!

Windows font smoothing looks blurry compared to OS X's (Safari's) to me at least. It always has.

Anyone have an example of Safari (Win) and IE to compare? Just curious.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html

It's a matter of subjective taste--this article seems heavily biased but he tells the truth that the font rendering isn't worse, it's just different from what Windows users are used to.

Oh and by the way, what settings are you [windows] guys using for font smoothing in Safari?

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Say what? The Neowin page?

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The browser window.

If I had ANY window open and any one of the borders was so dark it blended in to the desktop...

Am I the only one that saw the blackish border on the left of the browser window?

I'd think AMATUER.

Nice solid borders on the top, right and bottom of the window... but on the left?

Next....

Oh and by the way, what settings are you [windows] guys using for font smoothing in Safari?

Oh, there are settings for Font Smoothing. What do you know. Well the screenshots were set at the default, Medium, but I've just switch to Light.

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IE 7 / Safari at Light / Safari at Medium

Light's much better.

Oh, there are settings for Font Smoothing. What do you know. Well the screenshots were set at the default, Medium, but I've just switch to Light.

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IE 7 / Safari at Light / Safari at Medium

Light's much better.

I prefer the one on the left. It may be a bit lighter in font strength, but looks better- less distorted.

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