Enable DirectWrite for smooth font rendering in Windows (Firefox 4+, Vista/Win7)

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-direct2d-directwrite-hardware-acceleration-in-mozilla-firefox/

by speedracr • 15 years ago

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swah• 15 years ago

Couple years with the Mac and I still think Windows fonts look better.

aj700• 15 years ago

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2545698

this supposedly fixes how directwrite works in ie9, but since it updates commonly used fonts themselves, I assume it could help the way firefox renders too.

AshleysBrain• 15 years ago

I thought Firefox enabled this automatically providing your graphics card drivers are up to date. If I force it enabled on my old GeForce Go 7600 all the text comes out as black rectangles. I assumed Mozilla knew about these problems so only enabled it when they knew it'd be reliable. So maybe leave it to Mozilla?

sid0• 15 years ago

Indeed. The advice is outdated and basically wrong. Flagged.

greatquux• 15 years ago

I run gdipp and decrease the hinting; I love my fonts now.

Enable DirectWrite for smooth font rendering in Windows (Firefox 4+, Vista/Win7)

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