IE font rendering...

MuGeN · 28 Feb 2011 at 14:39

I know this is a long shot, but does anyone know of a way to make IE (specifically 7 & 8) render fonts similar to safari etc on a mac?

The standard screen fonts are not particularly award winning (very spindly and pixelated) but fonts pulled from the google font api are just abysmal

is there anything that can give the fonts a bit more substance and increase the AA maybe?

GravyMonster · 28 Feb 2011 at 20:07

Only way I know of is Cufon

Ash Scott · 28 Feb 2011 at 20:59

what font are you trying to use, is it a web safe, or are you using your own? IE will always display different to FF and Chrome. IE's verdana will be pixely, but in chrome and ff, it will be smooth

3dcandy · 28 Feb 2011 at 21:34

The google fonts are fine if you use the api. problem is IE's rendering is worse than Safari, FF, Opera etc. I'm afraid I'd be inclined to make it look how you want in safari and then check that it's passable in IE which is how most web devs do it. you will never (and I mean never) get a site to look good across all browsers, and especially where IE is concerned unless you just make it look good in IE. you could always have a different style sheet or something for IE.