Re: FN-FORUM: CSS / MAC / PC / Arial font issue??

date posted 18th January 2005 14:01

At 15:05 on Tuesday, 18 Jan 2005, Tony Crockford wrote:

>
> At 13:38 on Tuesday, 18 Jan 2005, Adam Mould wrote:
>
>> Cheers for your response...
>>
>> Here are the test files including a screen grab illustrating the
>> differences
>> across browsers (made this yesterday before adding the VERDANA one)
>>
>> Cheers... But the 10px (ARIAL/HELVETICA) is fairly important... Taking a
>> look at BBC.co.uk site it views beautifully here on MAC SAFARI / OPERA
>> (IE5
>> bit ropy) but lots of weeny arial usage smaller than 10px... However if
>> I
>> view the page(s) on PC IE6 it all takes on a rather ugly look n feel
>> with
>> the fonts really not looking too hot.. Tried this in a internet café the
>> other day too...
>>
>> Do you recon this is a platform/browser technology issue or a Font
>> installation issue?
>>
>> Have both platforms here to do testing....
>

it also occurs to me that you might be seeing the difference between
anti-aliased fonts on the mac and plain fonts on the PC. (try setting
smooth screen fonts or clear-type if you have a digital TFT screen on the
PC)

welcome to the world of web design, where nothing is truly in your
control.....

;o)