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Ubiquity fonts looks fuzzy, colorful and not smooted, it's hard to read text.
My problem is described in the topic, resolution is 1024 × 768. True type (Maybe Clear Type? I can't remember exactly.) anti-aliasing is on. System is Windows XP with third service pack. Used skin is «Simpliquity». When default on is used text with small sized text aren't very readable too.
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Inappropriate?Paul, this isn't anything Ubiquity or Firefox do specifically as the bulk of font rendering is handled by ClearType preferences in XP itself. This is why you're seeing what you believe to be fuzzy-looking fonts isn't limited to Ubiquity. If you don't like ClearType, there are options to turn it off and go back to "standard" font rendering.
A quick Google search produced this which will help you do just that: http://www.digitalsurvivors.com/archi...1 Comment
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Smoothing with current settings looks okay everywhere elese but Ubiquity, what is the difference? By the way, quick read of my post provided me with information that ClearType is already on.
I have just run Microsoft utility to tune ClearType fonts looks and nothing changed in Ubiquity. Fonts still look colorful, especially «i» and «l» letters. -
Inappropriate?Well, Ubiquity is using a typical font selection just like any website would using CSS so nothing extraordinary is going on there. The fuzziness you're seeing is likely the result of white text on a dark background rendered by ClearType.
What I was hinting at was to switch ClearType rendering in for Standard rendering as fonts rendered at smaller sizes tend to be blurry and unreadable. Then, only characters that are bold or above a certain size will receive the proper antialiased treatment.
I can't blame you for pointing this out as an annoyance, but it's not something Ubiquity or Firefox can control with an absolute degree of certainty. ClearType on XP isn't exactly the best typeface rendering solution, while it does well in many areas it still manages to come up short in others. That's simply my opinion though.
