> I don't think there's anything you can do in the browser. > Font smoothing is called the ClearType Tuning tool in Windows > and it wasn't included automatically in IE 6 or Win XP. It > is included automatically with IE 7. This affects the whole > OS, not just the browser. It's a utility you can run to > customize the settings and makes a big difference in viewing > text on a LCD. > > I just tell my users to get it from Microsoft and install it ;-)
This is a big issue for those using CRT (regular monitors, not LCDs). ClearType is only any use on LCD panels since it uses "subpixel" rendering, which doesn't exist on CRTs. So, in IE7 on a CRT monitor you have to switch it off, because otherwise the text is (in my opinion) harder to read, and looks pretty awful. Elsewhere in the thread someone already pointed out, correctly, that if you set up ClearType for the whole OS, then you get smoothed fonts in all applications, including Firefox. Making IE7 have ClearType on by default therefore both annoys people with CRTs (unless their eyesight isn't great, in which case it may appear better to them) and makes people think IE7 is better because it has font smoothing, when in fact any application can have it. -Simon -- Simon White, French Site Manager http://www.fr.lastminute.com le site de voyages et de loisirs 54/56 boulevard Victor Hugo - 93 585 Saint-Ouen Cedex Tél : +33 1 49 21 68 34 | Fax : +33 1 49 21 67 91 ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
