Firefox 4 users are not the only ones who under certain circumstances have to cope with blurry fonts in the web browser. Some Internet Explorer 9 users are also left with blurry fonts on their system which can be attributed to Internet Explorer 9′s automatic font smoothing. While I personally like font smoothing in Internet [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

ClearType is a controversial feature designed specifically for LCD displays to optimize the visual text rendering quality for LCD panels. The technology appeared first in Windows XP and has been integrated into all Microsoft operating systems ever since. Microsoft has changed the location of ClearType in its operating systems which has added some confusion among [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Windows users do not have a lot of options when it comes to text rendering. Basically the only option available for them is to enable ClearType, a technology developed by Microsoft that improves the readability of text on Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs). the Gdipp project has been designed as a replacement of the standard Windows [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

If you like the cleartype fonts that Microsoft shipped with Windows Vista you might be inclined to use them not only in the operating system itself but also in the web browser. Many users think that the high quality Vista fonts provide a better reading experience than the default fonts that the websites use. We [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox