Font rendering comparison
Jun 28, 2008 | Design
I noticed safari render the font smoother than Firefox when i did the browser compatibility check for upcoming theme.
I use Windows XP with latest Firefox 3 and Safari 3.1.1.
Here’s what it look in the browser.
Font family : Arial sans-serif 11px.
I prefer Arial in Firefox. It is more readable. Safari smooth engine makes the letter weight increase and decrease the letter spacing. Firefox win.
Font family : Georgia serif 18px.
Safari text rendering is smooth compare to firefox (too sharp and looks like crap.) Safari win
Conclusion
If Steve Job never learn about typography. Mac never get multiple type faces*. That what he said in his Commencement address at Stanford in 2005. That’s one of the best speech i ever heard.
*PS : at 4.38 “Windows just copy the mac” < Owned
June 28th, 2008
actually a lot of people hate the text rendering in Safari.
but IMO, it does look good sometimes, not all the time.
there’s a tip to fix the safari rendering “problem” though.
July 2nd, 2008
damn… i guess u not use the clear type smooth edge effect on ur windows.. bcoz… my ff3 doesnt look bad like that.. thats screenie looks like on ie 4/5 years ago.. huhuhu..
but still.. safari have a good text rendering.. but somtime i dont like it.. huhu.. blurry..
July 3rd, 2008
I love the font rendering in Safari. Sometimes I prefer to use Safari(windows version) than FireFox because of the advance CSS rendering in Safari(Safari use WebKit Engine).
Pay a visit to http://jeffcroft.com in both browsers, you will get it. =)