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Firefox looks so much better than Chrome
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I've accidentally fell into a Linux space, my bad! This will work on Windows, I'm not sure of alternatives on Linux, I gave up using it before I could play around with Firefox.
Try looking for aliasing options under gfx.font_rendering and trying them out.
Sooo you mean "Windows has horrible font rendering" ;D I think on KDE its fine, some say GNOME is better but idk.
No, Windows has good font rendering actually. It's very much just a Firefox issue on Windows.
No offence, but I used to think Windows had good font rendering while I was using it. That was until I started using Linux distros. Now every time I boot into Windows, I again remember how awful Windows looks in comparison - washed out, pixelated, gives me eye strain....
never in my years of using Linux have I ever thought that it was rendered clearer. let's be honest with ourselves, no need to lie.
It's a function of PPI, hinting settings, font face, etc. The both of you can be correct in your own right...
Objectively there is a long history font rendering issues under linux though, so... eh.
There's no need to lie when I can tell the truth lol.
Linux's looks more blurry to me, Window's is much sharper. Maybe at different resolutions it changes though, you need less aliasing at higher res.
I have the inverse - where Windows is so fine and pixelated it looks blurry. Linux is sharp and legible. It may be to do with with sub-pixel rendering. And this has been the case for across multiple computers and laptops, windows versions and Linux distros.
Strange, I always find it extremely ugly when using Win10 and I think Win11 has improved a lot but not entirely. Its so square-ish for some reason