I’ve noticed lately a lot of websites seem to use some bizarre font that looks awful. But since they keep doing it, I’m beginning to wonder if it’s just me that sees it looking awful. Does it look like this for anyone else?
Another term for font smoothing (mentioned by Kevin) is antialiasing. Try a different browser as well—perhaps compare to IE or Chrome. Also, you could check out THIS? I run linux, but that’s what my quick web search got me.
Edit: I can’t tell if that is Vista or 7… I assumed 7 but maybe I was wrong. Just search around for font-smooting or anti-alias settings or whatever Win version you run and you should find some help.
It’s just you… I believe it wouldn’t look awful if you had font smoothing turned on. I’m running Windows with standard, non-subpixel font smoothing and it looks fine. Do you have font smoothing turned completely off? You might want to try standard smoothing. I think there is some sort of broader problem you are having with fonts though. I previously remember have that problem on some sites and have no idea what caused it and why I don’t see it anymore.
I’ve noticed lately a lot of websites seem to use some bizarre font that looks awful. But since they keep doing it, I’m beginning to wonder if it’s just me that sees it looking awful. Does it look like this for anyone else?
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7224/fontyo.png
Another term for font smoothing (mentioned by Kevin) is antialiasing. Try a different browser as well—perhaps compare to IE or Chrome. Also, you could check out THIS? I run linux, but that’s what my quick web search got me.
Edit: I can’t tell if that is Vista or 7… I assumed 7 but maybe I was wrong. Just search around for font-smooting or anti-alias settings or whatever Win version you run and you should find some help.
It’s just you… I believe it wouldn’t look awful if you had font smoothing turned on. I’m running Windows with standard, non-subpixel font smoothing and it looks fine. Do you have font smoothing turned completely off? You might want to try standard smoothing. I think there is some sort of broader problem you are having with fonts though. I previously remember have that problem on some sites and have no idea what caused it and why I don’t see it anymore.