Font smoothing: a not-so-sharp distinction

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

I’m just road-testing Safari 4, and I’ve come across this interesting claim on the What’s New in Safari page:

“Safari now uses Windows standard fonts, but you can choose to use Apple’s crisp anti-aliased fonts if you prefer.”

Now, if you didn’t know any better, wouldn’t you take that to mean that Windows’ fonts aren’t anti-aliased? And that this was a special way in which only Safari could improve your life? Of course, you and I do know better, but… well, the libel laws of this country restrain me from further comment. (more…)