Timan Veteran Posted August 28, 2014 Veteran Share Posted August 28, 2014 Don't think it'll help, but google just updated open sans (which is what we use), so I've updated the font imports and we'll see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted August 29, 2014 Veteran Share Posted August 29, 2014 I'm having mixed experiences: All my PCs run Firefox. On one, front page text is jagged. On another, when viewing a news article, the headline text is jagged. And on the PC I'm typing this on now, all forum text in grey, and some in black, appears jagged! Font smoothing is working perfectly on all other sites/system-wide. No issues before the upgrade. I'm pretty certain someone changed some fonts... Also, the 'Rule breaking has consequences; think before you post ? Community Rules' message appears on two lines (instead of one). Font alignment is also out around the place. Go to about:support in Firefox, scroll down to the Graphics section and take a screenshot of that and post it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted August 29, 2014 Administrators Share Posted August 29, 2014 fonts were updated again and this is still being looked into Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taim Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I like the new fonts, I hope they don't get reverted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I give up, and so i use my own 'cure' for this, i simply uninstall opensans from windows's fonts folder, and prevent browser to download opensans fonts using local proxy. Therefore browser will revert using default, familiar, generic fonts that looks just fine with/without any kind of smoothing/anti-aliasing/clear-type stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted August 31, 2014 Veteran Share Posted August 31, 2014 I give up, and so i use my own 'cure' for this, i simply uninstall opensans from windows's fonts folder, and prevent browser to download opensans fonts using local proxy. Therefore browser will revert using default, familiar, generic fonts that looks just fine with/without any kind of smoothing/anti-aliasing/clear-type stuff. Mind taking a pic tho of what your fonts looked like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Mind taking a pic tho of what your fonts looked like? Its just the classic Times New Roman as my browser default settings says. As you see, that screenshot was taken with fonts smoothing turned off, therefore I don't have to deal with with ClearType's artefact, and still maintain good readability. OpenSans are good only if its used while fonts smoothing turned on and not used for small size, when above conditions are not met, opensans will looks worse than legacy fonts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted August 31, 2014 Veteran Share Posted August 31, 2014 Its just the classic Times New Roman as my browser default settings says. legacy_fonts_works.PNG As you see, that screenshot was taken with fonts smoothing turned off, therefore I don't have to deal with with ClearType's artefact, and still maintain good readability. OpenSans are good only if its used while fonts smoothing turned on and not used for small size, when above conditions are not met, opensans will looks worse than legacy fonts. That's what I see on Metro IE now. It looked great up til the latest font fix. Now it makes my eyes water. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted September 1, 2014 Veteran Share Posted September 1, 2014 ... OpenSans are good only if its used while fonts smoothing turned on and not used for small size, ... Welcome to modern operating systems (And fonts), there's a reason they've defaulted to full AA for nearly a decade. The vast majority of fonts don't actually work well without AA, the only reason you could get away with it with GDI was because the fonts were designed around the limitations the lack of AA imposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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