What's wrong with my font display?

http://i.imgur.com/ZEStx.png

by skant • 16 years ago

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punnned• 16 years ago

Do a search on how to turn on Cleartype for whatever you're using.

GICodeWarrior5• 16 years ago

Do you have the same problem on http://www.ossfyd.com/

It only happens on Windows and I thought it worked on Windows 7 but I was either mistaken or there is an obscure option that needs to be toggled (something other than cleartype; this is a more serious aliasing problem).

skant3• 16 years ago

Yeah something wrong here as well ::: http://i.imgur.com/T3YiT.png

GICodeWarrior5• 16 years ago

It works great in Linux and OSX. I think windows probably hates the font.

The other sites you see trouble on were probably designed on Linux or OSX as well.

skant3• 16 years ago

I am using Windows XP and I have Cleartype on: http://i.imgur.com/1pacl.png

I see the same issue with other sites like: http://i.imgur.com/sbzmy.png

skant3• 16 years ago

The other site btw is androlib.com

jlwjr3• 16 years ago

It looks terrible because it's using the web font for Alte Haas Grotesk.

GICodeWarrior5• 16 years ago

Is there a known problem with this font?

jlwjr3• 16 years ago

I don't know, but i've rarely seen webfonts that work out well on Windows. I haven't tried on any other OS.

What's wrong with my font display?

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