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Why does IE render text so much better than Firefox?

Why does it? I love Firefox to bits but the fact that I could lick the text off a site on IE, but run away whenever I see the terribly anti-aliased massacre through Firefox gets me down… just a little bit.

You all know what I mean. And if anybody has the answer, or perhaps a miraculous little add-on that enhances the quality of Firefox text – please let me know. Please Please Please!

The example above isn’t the best, but I just grabbed it quickly because it’s off a site I’m currently working on and prompted me write this miniature article.

3 Responses to “Why does IE render text so much better than Firefox?”

• On May 24th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
  Sam said:

  Try turning on ClearType in Windows – http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/tuner/Step1.aspx

• On May 24th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
  admin said:

  I love you Sam Starling!

• On May 27th, 2008 at 3:53 am
  The Tuning Spoon said:

  It’s all a matter of preference. I think that the default text in Firefox is the simpler, faster, and clearer solution when it comes to body text. It looks like death if you’re using text headers, though. I think Safari was the first to make anti-aliased text the default, and IE copied Apple with version 7. You can turn it on for Firefox, though.

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