Comment on Show HN: GitBook – Build beautiful programming books using GitHub and MarkdownComments−daviding12yJust as a heads-up, the font 'appNormal' looks like this on Windows / Chrome 33:http://i.imgur.com/mXfy7NR.jpgLooks great on OSX etc, so as this is about beautiful books wanted to say. Hope that helps, and good luck with the idea - looks really interesting.−sqrt1712yAFAIK, Chrome/Windows does not do font antialiasing/smoothing, which it does do on Linux and OSX.−mjgoeke12yMore important than "smoothing" - the font baseline is all over the place−daviding12yYep, it's the baseline. It looks even worse in IE11http://i.imgur.com/jWcyrz6.jpgNormally comments like mine can be a bit pedantic, but in this case it's the front page of something that 'builds beautiful programming books', so I think relevant.−thejosh12yIt still looks terrible on Linux for me as well.−matt_heimer12ySame problem on FF ESR 24.4.0
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Just as a heads-up, the font 'appNormal' looks like this on Windows / Chrome 33:
http://i.imgur.com/mXfy7NR.jpg
Looks great on OSX etc, so as this is about beautiful books wanted to say. Hope that helps, and good luck with the idea - looks really interesting.
AFAIK, Chrome/Windows does not do font antialiasing/smoothing, which it does do on Linux and OSX.
More important than "smoothing" - the font baseline is all over the place
Yep, it's the baseline. It looks even worse in IE11
http://i.imgur.com/jWcyrz6.jpg
Normally comments like mine can be a bit pedantic, but in this case it's the front page of something that 'builds beautiful programming books', so I think relevant.
It still looks terrible on Linux for me as well.
Same problem on FF ESR 24.4.0