Font Clarity / Smoothness

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GK User
Mon Nov 04, 2013 4:53 am
Hi there,

I know in the font selections in the template there are options to use online fonts.

My question is however a little unrelated to that. Why is Firefox showing the fonts on my site all smooth but google chrome is not smooth?

I also like this site: http://www.bunnings.com.au/craftright-6 ... t_p6060074

The fonts are both smoorth and somehow they are using Futura font.

Thanks.
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GK User
Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:22 am
This depends of browser render engine and it is impossible to change it. If you system renders fonts with anti-aliasing it should look better. There is probably also different between the same browser on OS X and Windows system.
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GK User
Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:52 am
bkrztuk wrote:This depends of browser render engine and it is impossible to change it. If you system renders fonts with anti-aliasing it should look better. There is probably also different between the same browser on OS X and Windows system.


How do I do anti-aliasing?

I noticed that site was using Futura and futura is not even a web font from google or adobe, as far as I know anyway.

I remember I used to do cufon which was tedious a few years back but that is a bit too much stuffing around these days.
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GK User
Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:02 am
Futura is available via typekit https://typekit.com/fonts/futura-pt

You can use webfonts from Google Fonts, they have good quality. Our templates support also squirrel fonts and adobe edge web fonts.
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GK User
Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:20 am
bkrztuk wrote:Futura is available via typekit https://typekit.com/fonts/futura-pt

You can use webfonts from Google Fonts, they have good quality. Our templates support also squirrel fonts and adobe edge web fonts.


Perhaps I need to add some to the list. However the Firefox is far superior to Chrome for displaying fonts. Chrome is not very good. However the Bunnings site it seems to look good.

Heltivicta Neue is the ideal font since it is used in the companies packaging. But unfortunately I have not seen it.
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