Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
> Tim Dawson wrote:
>
>> Why does Internet Explorer show fonts in heavier weights than
>> Firefox, and what can I do about it, please ?
>
> I don't think it does. There can be differences in rendering text even when
> your style sheet specifies all font properties exactly, but I don't think
> it's a font weight issue.
>
>> Pages which I've created, using {font-size: small; font-weight:
>> normal;} in imported style sheets appear as I want them in Firefox3,
>> but when I check in IE7 and IE6 the text appears much heavier (almost
>> bold).
>
> Which pages? I looked at the page you mentioned,
>> http://www.holidaymullandiona.co.uk/pages/home.php
> on IE 7 and FF 3 and cannot see a difference in copy text rendering. On a
> different monitor, or with different settings (e.g., one browser set to use
> font smoothing and another not), it might be different.
>
>> div#txtcol {font-size: small; font-weight: lighter;}
>>
>> but it makes no difference. Perhaps IE doesn't support font-weight
>> too well ? (Other conditional formatting hacks do work OK for me)
>
> Generally, font-weight values smaller than normal are treated as if normal
> were declared. Few fonts have lighter versions, and for those that have,
> browsers might be incapable of using them. They could try automating
> lightening, but that would very easily result in a typographic catastrophe,
> so it's probably good that they don't try.
>
>> I've looked at other sites in FF3 and IE7, and they seem to have
>> solved the problem. I just haven't worked it out yet, and would be
>> grateful for help, please.
>>
>> http://www.holidaymullandiona.co.uk/pages/home.php
>>
Thank you, that's interesting. I see a significant difference on my computer
between FF3 (and FF2) and IE7. On another machine running IE6 the difference
is
less marked. From what you say, it may be more a local problem than a general
one. I'll have to play with the settings.
Tim Dawson
>
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