Saturday, May 9, 2009

Font Smoothing

Recently i'm thinking of switching to using Safari as my internet browser because of their font smoothing function that shows fonts as they should be seen. But now i realised something. After using Window XP for so many years, i do not know they actually have this function that allows usage of this effect call "cleartype". If you not using a Safari browser, and haven't activated this effect, i suggest you go do it. It improves legibility of fonts and obviously things looks better. You do not need to stress your eyes that much as well. I've attached a screen shot of how my fonts look like now below(click on it for a larger view).




Big improvement! However still not as good as what a Safari can do (see below).


Anyway to activate cleartype in window xp, do this.
Control Panel > Display > Appearance > Effects > ClearType > OK
*Remember to click apply after that

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This blog is about looking at design from a logical point of view. Good designs are often good because of the thinking behind it and not because of pure luck. The colour, forms etc can all be and should be rationalised. This belief doesn't mean that any and everyone can design by simply following a formula. It is still an art to decide on the solution that best fit all requirements.


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