What's wrong with my font display?(i.imgur.com)
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What's wrong with my font display?
http://i.imgur.com/ZEStx.png
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Yeah something wrong here as well ::: http://i.imgur.com/T3YiT.png
It works great in Linux and OSX. I think windows probably hates the font.
The other sites you see trouble on were probably designed on Linux or OSX as well.
The other sites you see trouble on were probably designed on Linux or OSX as well.
I am using Windows XP and I have Cleartype on: http://i.imgur.com/1pacl.png
I see the same issue with other sites like: http://i.imgur.com/sbzmy.png
I see the same issue with other sites like: http://i.imgur.com/sbzmy.png
The other site btw is androlib.com
It looks terrible because it's using the web font for Alte Haas Grotesk.
Is there a known problem with this font?
I don't know, but i've rarely seen webfonts that work out well on Windows. I haven't tried on any other OS.
How does typekit get them to work? Do they just hand-pick fonts that alias less terribly on windows?
Typekit probably uses Embedded TrueType/OpenType fonts, maybe that site used another. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_typography#Web_fonts
My site provides eot, woff, ttf, and svg versions of the font...
http://www.ossfyd.com/fonts/stylesheet.css
Do a search on how to turn on Cleartype for whatever you're using.
It only happens on Windows and I thought it worked on Windows 7 but I was either mistaken or there is an obscure option that needs to be toggled (something other than cleartype; this is a more serious aliasing problem).