html - How to render thin fonts more smoothly in CSS 3 on Windows?

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html - How to render thin fonts more smoothly in CSS 3 on Windows?

asked Oct 24, 2021 in Technique[技术] by 深蓝 (71.8m points)

html - How to render thin fonts more smoothly in CSS 3 on Windows?

When I've designed my web site in Adobe Flash Pro CS6, the font looks like this:

Font rendered in Adobe Flash Pro CS6

The font looks smooth and slightly thicker, and when I create HTML and CSS to render the font in a browser, it appears like these, respectively in IE, Firefox, and Chrome.

Font rendered in IE, Firefox, and Chrome browsers

It appears thinner and pixelated in some areas. I've seen much smoother font rendering on OS X. How can I make the font appear smoother in these browsers? I'm assuming this is a problem with ClearType, which looks hideous with thin fonts like this one.

Here is the code I'm using to test, so answers can be tested before being posted:

<html>
    <head>
        <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' />
    </head>
    <body>
        <span style="color: #333; font-family: Lato; font-size: 32px;">Question or concern?</span>
    </body>
</html>

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深蓝 · Answer 1 · 2021-10-23T18:28:21+0000

You are never going to get sites to look the same in different browsers or operating systems, they are using different technologies etc etc.

This is something you shouldn't really care about. People who use IE are not going to switch to Firefox or Chrome or vice versa. They are used to the way fonts look and are not going to notice.

Browsers inconsistencies is a thing front end developers have to live with (sadly). Its great if they all look the same but that's not going to happen

Things you can try, you will probably need different fixes for different browsers.:

text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.004);
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility !important;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important;

Edit 1: DirectWrite is now on chrome for windows which will improve the rendering.

Edit 2 (2017): System UI fonts

Another thing you can try is use system fonts for improved UX.

font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", "Roboto", "Oxygen", "Ubuntu", "Cantarell", "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;

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Edit 1: DirectWrite is now on chrome for windows which will improve the rendering.

Edit 2 (2017): System UI fonts

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