I thought that you might like to read an answer that I received from a
certain pyfunk It might help others:-
Rendering always depends on system. Like on windows, if the user has
setup clear type fonts, he will be having a much better experience.
Some useful information
that may help take decision on improving font families for different
systems
* Common fonts on all systems
* Some good information on various fonts that work on different
systems and are best rendered at certain sizes.
-
codestyle.org determined best fonts via survey.
See that verdana comes out lower in both case.
For Windows:
Tahoma – 99.81%
Microsoft Sans Serif – 99.71%
Courier New – 99.66%
Verdana – 99.66%
Times New Roman – 99.37%
Arial – 99.32%
Trebuchet MS – 99.27%
Comic Sans MS – 99.13%
Lucida Console – 99.13%
Georgia – 98.94%
Impact – 98.89%
Lucida Sans Unicode – 98.65%
Palatino Linotype – 98.65%
Arial Black – 98.55%
Franklin Gothic Medium 97.96%
For Mac:
Helvetica – 100%
Lucida Grande – 100%
Geneva – 99.43%
Monaco – 99.43%
Courier – 98.85%
Times – 97.70%
Arial – 97.41%
Verdana – 97.41%
Georgia – 95.11%
Helvetica Neue – 95.11%
Trebuchet MS – 94.54%
Times New Roman – 94.25%
On Dec 3, 10:21 am, MDM <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Marmen I will do that.
>
> On Dec 2, 10:13 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Don Mapp wrote in post #965814:
>
> > > Can someone help me out on this one. I have a website which was
> > > developed on a Mac. When viewing certain text in "verdana" on the Mac
> > > all looks great, but on the PC the text is very fine and thin on all
> > > browsers. Other text with bold and larger size seems to present the
> > > same on both PC and Mac. Is there a simple way I can improve the
> > > browsers text representation on the PC.
>
> > This has nothing to do with Rails, and should be taken to a CSS or HTML
> > forum.
>
> > Best,
> > --
> > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org
> > [email protected]
>
> > --
> > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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