To see what that looks like without antialiasing, just look at littlemad's screenshot.Īnd for comparison here's the same "other" in OS X's default rendering: even more bolder than ClearType. It does! And while we're at it, I might add that (at least) IE 8 uses ClearType rendering even if it is disabled in Windows-level.Ĭomparing antialiased and ClearTyped text in 100 % isn't as radical as comparing ClearTyped text to non-antialiased. And does turning the ClearType on affect the browser rendering? Same "other" text with Windows XP & Chrome 8 and ClearType is ON: If you're interested on what this is based on, see the Wikipedia article on subpixel rendering. Here is the exact same text from the Windows dialog, this time with CT: NOTE: I am not talking about the antialiasing difference that there is between new browsers and old ones (like between IE9 and IE6).
![fontface prepros loading wrong area fontface prepros loading wrong area](https://townsquare.media/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KEZJFM.png)
See what has happened? Probably you did already, as you stated in your question. This is from with Windows XP & Chrome 8 and CT is OFF (as it was in the previous picture): Now with some modern browsers even without CT, they do some anti-aliasing. You see it is a binary operation: pixel is black or transparent. This is a heavily zoomed in image from Windows' dialog without CT: Without ClearType the fonts render as in your screenshot.
![fontface prepros loading wrong area fontface prepros loading wrong area](https://i2-prod.leicestermercury.co.uk/incoming/article1948193.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_GettyImages-908388868.jpg)
![fontface prepros loading wrong area fontface prepros loading wrong area](https://qgbydt.croatiabymalv.pl/templates/64af9ff6ec07d70d68e9adf4e68843a5/img/c61fd831f04990786a04375a743db7a4.jpg)
Windows has (in XP) options to use ClearType or to not.
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The following examples dealing with windows are from XP Pro SP 3, so it is quite safe to assume the situation is at least in the same level in Vista & 7. Since you obviously want this question to be answered (you've offered a bounty after all), here's my two cents.įrom your screenshot it seems to me that you have set your Windows to render fonts regularly (as opposed to subpixel rendering) and probably your browser doesn't do any antialiasing (it might, but then it is gone with JPG compression). This should be a comment (hence making this CW), but I think there are some misunderstandings and wrong assumptions in the question.