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Sep 12th, 2006, 22:07
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Font Issues
Why do fonts look thinner on Windows and thicker on OS X, that is the case with my site. Should I be using ems instead of pixels?
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Sep 12th, 2006, 23:09
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Re: Font Issues
Have you enabled Cleartype? OS X has font smoothing etc on by default, windows does not.
Last Blog Entry: Apps every Mac based web dev should consider (Jul 10th, 2008)
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Sep 13th, 2006, 02:48
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Re: Font Issues
Font weight has nothing to do with font size. Ems will not solve the issue.
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Sep 13th, 2006, 13:05
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Re: Font Issues
Depends on the font though no? Like Verdana for example is a larger font than say Helvetica. So if you set 0.9 em on each verdana would be larger and perhaps appear thicker.
Last Blog Entry: Apps every Mac based web dev should consider (Jul 10th, 2008)
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Sep 13th, 2006, 22:05
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Re: Font Issues
You might want to look into the display attributes of the two operating systems to see what dpi the screen is set to display. A larger dpi will make a given font size appear larger on screen.
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