On 4/20/07, Lori Lay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> DJS wrote:
> >>> Italic text: FF Win doesn't smooth the text like IE Win does. (!?)
> >>>
> >>> Dare I say, the text looks better in IE Win, like it does on my Mac.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I don't think there's anything you can do in the browser. Font
> >> smoothing is called the ClearType Tuning tool in Windows and it wasn't
> >> included automatically in IE 6 or Win XP. It is included automatically
> >> with IE 7.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > I guess it's one of those, "oh well" things.
> > I try hard enough to make my site standard compliant, this is trivial.
> > It will end up bugging me enough where I'll add it to the header
> > background image and just display:none the real text. <sigh>
> >
> >
> I wonder if defining a font family for this would help. The first font
> in the family would be the ideal font for the Mac, and if it's something
> that's not available on Windows, then the second font in the family
> would be used. You might be able to find something that doesn't look
> bad on Windows.
>
> Don't know, just a wild stab out there...
>
> L
> > - DJS
> >
> >
you could even go as far as using ie conditional comments to deliver
text that would look better on a pc than a mac
Jeff
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