What's wrong with my font display?i.imgur.com 1 pointskant15 years ago12 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−GICodeWarrior15yDo you have the same problem on http://www.ossfyd.com/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).−skantOP15yYeah something wrong here as well ::: http://i.imgur.com/T3YiT.png−GICodeWarrior15yIt 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.−skantOP15yI am using Windows XP and I have Cleartype on: http://i.imgur.com/1pacl.pngI see the same issue with other sites like: http://i.imgur.com/sbzmy.png−skantOP15yThe other site btw is androlib.com−jlwjr15yIt looks terrible because it's using the web font for Alte Haas Grotesk.−GICodeWarrior15yIs there a known problem with this font?−jlwjr15yI don't know, but i've rarely seen webfonts that work out well on Windows. I haven't tried on any other OS.−GICodeWarrior15yHow does typekit get them to work? Do they just hand-pick fonts that alias less terribly on windows?−jlwjr15yTypekit probably uses Embedded TrueType/OpenType fonts, maybe that site used another. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_typography#Web_fonts−GICodeWarrior15yMy site provides eot, woff, ttf, and svg versions of the font... http://www.ossfyd.com/fonts/stylesheet.css−punnned15yDo a search on how to turn on Cleartype for whatever you're using.
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Do you have the same problem on http://www.ossfyd.com/
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).
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.
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
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.