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cdd wrote:One day, marksi, you'll relent to cleartype. It really is better

Really depends on what type of VDT people use though, I've seen some people using Cleartype on CRTs with appalling results. I had to switch it on however on a generic low cost LCD that I borrowed, the displayed text was unreadable without it.

the font smoothing in original safari for windows wasn't cleartype though. it was something horrible that just converted all serif fonts of lucida sans and blurred the hell out of it. New Safari appears to be using standard cleartype like the rest of the OS and looks far better as a result.

Disagreed, hyma; they ported the mac font rendering which was beautiful.

The issue was that many Windows users who are used to a certain method of font rendering have to switch to a new method each time they use Safari. I find Cleartype to be little more than blurring pixels with other pixels and the other method is superior but only if applied everywhere otherwise it seems sloppy and falling foul of bad UI standards already in place for weedy text rendering.

Well to clarify the above I believe Apple's rendering to be most attractive, it looks just like text on paper. As for how usable it is over a large period of time I can't really say, I haven't spend enough time in front of a mac to come to a judgment. I don't see why it wouldn't be, though.

It is OK for extended periods and it's very nice but that's the thing, Windows font rendering is based on how well it looks on screen only whereas Mac font rendering is based on how well it'll look when printed.

Chromium r10000 (which I'm using just now) is better than Safari IMO as, while it retains the simplicity of Chrome, has more advanced features, such as a good debugger, which is essential for me as I'm building my own website with JavaScript and the like.