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0 pointsrjmunro2y ago0 comments

The problem with "very much off" for font rendering is that it is relative to what you are used to, not relative to any actual standard font rendering. If you've been using Firefox a while, Chrome will look off. If you've been using Chrome, Firefox will look off.

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TonyTrapp2y ago

Maybe I am reading too much into the sentence but to me, "some people just don't notice or don't care" implies that there is something objectively broken about it that can be quantified.

dataflow2y ago

There is. I just posted a screenshot and explained it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37231149

unethical_ban2y ago

"off" implies an error. Which browser does it correctly? Having used Vivaldi and Firefox in close succession I never noticed a difference.

crazygringo2y ago

No, "off" in this case merely implies different from what you're used to.

This is aesthetic preference, there's no such thing as "correct". It goes back to the old debate on Mac vs. Windows font rendering -- do you like pixel alignment or do you like letterform accuracy? There's no right answer.

dataflow2y ago

> No, "off" in this case merely implies different from what you're used to.

Kind of enough, but...

> This is aesthetic preference, there's no such thing as "correct".

"Correct" for the purposes of this discussion could be the normal OS rendering, and deviation from that is what would be "off"-ness.

Dylan168072y ago

There's no right answer to that question, but Mac does render fonts too thin because of gamma issues, if I'm remembering right.

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TonyTrapp2y ago

Maybe I am reading too much into the sentence but to me, "some people just don't notice or don't care" implies that there is something objectively broken about it that can be quantified.

dataflow2y ago

There is. I just posted a screenshot and explained it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37231149

unethical_ban2y ago

"off" implies an error. Which browser does it correctly? Having used Vivaldi and Firefox in close succession I never noticed a difference.

crazygringo2y ago

No, "off" in this case merely implies different from what you're used to.

dataflow2y ago

> No, "off" in this case merely implies different from what you're used to.

Kind of enough, but...

> This is aesthetic preference, there's no such thing as "correct".

"Correct" for the purposes of this discussion could be the normal OS rendering, and deviation from that is what would be "off"-ness.

Dylan168072y ago

There's no right answer to that question, but Mac does render fonts too thin because of gamma issues, if I'm remembering right.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse