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OS X fonts compared to Windows?
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<blockquote data-quote="technologist" data-source="post: 76702" data-attributes="member: 4134"><p>You said that you were using ClearType on Windows...are you using an LCD monitor with Windows?</p><p></p><p>The technical term for Microsoft(R) ClearType(TM) is "sub-pixel rendering." It only really works on an LCD, and it takes advantage of the way color pixels are made up of red, green, and blue components.</p><p></p><p>OS X uses sub-pixel rendering on LCDs, and anti-aliasing on CRTs, depending on the font smoothing settings. If you're comparing an anti-aliased CRT to a sub-pixel-rendered LCD, the CRT will lose every time. If you try to use sub-pixel rendering on a CRT, you may or may not like the results.</p><p></p><p>The attachment is what I see in Safari, using "Medium-LCD."</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1289[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="technologist, post: 76702, member: 4134"] You said that you were using ClearType on Windows...are you using an LCD monitor with Windows? The technical term for Microsoft(R) ClearType(TM) is "sub-pixel rendering." It only really works on an LCD, and it takes advantage of the way color pixels are made up of red, green, and blue components. OS X uses sub-pixel rendering on LCDs, and anti-aliasing on CRTs, depending on the font smoothing settings. If you're comparing an anti-aliased CRT to a sub-pixel-rendered LCD, the CRT will lose every time. If you try to use sub-pixel rendering on a CRT, you may or may not like the results. The attachment is what I see in Safari, using "Medium-LCD." [ATTACH=full]1289[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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