Safari on windows fonts suck

[jayb2000]

I compared Firefox, Safari, and IE, and I have to say, the fonts looked better in IE or FF way more than Safari.

Anyone else really bothered by this?

Seems like Safari is alpha more than beta.

 

[janey]

i vaguely remember someone else mentioning that in a blog I read, but the font is rendered differently, and I don't think it's because safari is alpha or beta or whatever.

 

[Rychiar]

be glad you can see fonts at all, my safari is a blank slab of gray that is nonfunctional cus i cant even type and addy in

 

[clevin]

Apple packed its own font hinting and all the stuff in there, because apple think windows users will like it.

 

[Anorak]

The blog article on it was an interesting read. I read another article discussing the different philosophies that Apple and Microsoft have taken when it comes to font smoothing.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000884.html

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html

The advantage of Microsoft's method is that it works better for on-screen reading.

The nice thing about the Apple algorithm is that you can lay out a page of text for print, and on screen, you get a nice approximation of the finished product.

 

[dejo]

Anyone else really bothered by this?

I'm not. I actually prefer the way Safari renders fonts over IE and FF.

 

[Wolfpup]

I think it looks insanely ugly and illegible. I tried using Safari again now that 3.0.1 is out, but quickly quit. I just can't stand it, even aside from the fonts and how poorly it renders pages. The interface is horribly broken compared to Firefox or even Internet Explorer.