Comments on: Apple, Microsoft, and Font Rendering http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/06/12/apple-microsoft-and-font-rendering/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: taewon http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/06/12/apple-microsoft-and-font-rendering/#comment-94973 taewon Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:12:01 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/06/12/apple-microsoft-and-font-rendering/#comment-94973 For roman text I wholeheartedly prefer OSX rendering. However for Korean text Windows rendering is beautiful and readable. You simply cannot read Korean text in size 12pts or os rendered by OSX. For roman text I wholeheartedly prefer OSX rendering. However for Korean text Windows rendering is beautiful and readable. You simply cannot read Korean text in size 12pts or os rendered by OSX.

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/06/12/apple-microsoft-and-font-rendering/#comment-94626 Michael Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:39:58 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/06/12/apple-microsoft-and-font-rendering/#comment-94626 <a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000885.html" rel="nofollow">Coding Horror</a> links to an interesting white paper about <a href="http://artofcode.com/fontfocus/" rel="nofollow">FontFocus</a>, a technology that increases contrast by snapping glyphs to the pixel grid. Coding Horror links to an interesting white paper about FontFocus, a technology that increases contrast by snapping glyphs to the pixel grid.

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/06/12/apple-microsoft-and-font-rendering/#comment-94315 Michael Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:47:43 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/06/12/apple-microsoft-and-font-rendering/#comment-94315 I'm on the side of Microsoft and the old Apple: there should at least be the option to sacrifice beauty for easy on-screen readability. Optimize fonts on the screen for the screen and fonts on paper for printing. Only use print fonts on the screen when you're designing something that will be printed. I'm on the side of Microsoft and the old Apple: there should at least be the option to sacrifice beauty for easy on-screen readability. Optimize fonts on the screen for the screen and fonts on paper for printing. Only use print fonts on the screen when you're designing something that will be printed.

]]> By: Johan Kool http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/06/12/apple-microsoft-and-font-rendering/#comment-94306 Johan Kool Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:07:03 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2007/06/12/apple-microsoft-and-font-rendering/#comment-94306 You picked a funny bit to quote from that article, because it doesn't seem to be choosing either side. I'd choose this: Which is why Apple engineers probably feel like they're doing a huge service to the Windows community, bringing their "superior" font rendering technology to the heathens, and it explains why Windows users are generally going to think that Safari's font rendering is blurry and strange and they don't know why, they just don't like it. Actually they're thinking... "Whoa! That's different. I don't like different. Why don't I like these fonts? Oh, when I look closer, they look blurry. That must be why." Btw, I prefer OS X's rendering over Windows any day, but that might be because I am quite sensitive for typographical quality. You picked a funny bit to quote from that article, because it doesn't seem to be choosing either side. I'd choose this:

Which is why Apple engineers probably feel like they're doing a huge service to the Windows community, bringing their "superior" font rendering technology to the heathens, and it explains why Windows users are generally going to think that Safari's font rendering is blurry and strange and they don't know why, they just don't like it. Actually they're thinking... "Whoa! That's different. I don't like different. Why don't I like these fonts? Oh, when I look closer, they look blurry. That must be why."

Btw, I prefer OS X's rendering over Windows any day, but that might be because I am quite sensitive for typographical quality.

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