[OpenIndiana-discuss] Poor text antialiasing behaviour in Firefox

[Albert Lee]

On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Dave Koelmeyer <davekoelmeyer at me.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I posted this over on OpenSolaris.org, but FWIW:
>
> This has always bugged me for as long as I can remember, and I wonder if
> anyone knows why.
>
> Firefox 3.6.8 in Ubuntu:
>
> http://www.davekoelmeyer.co.nz/docs/Ubuntu1004Firefox368.png
>
> All headings and text are antialised, and page appears fine.
>
> Now, compare with the same page in Firefox 3.6.12 on
> OpenSolaris/OpenIndiana:
>
> http://www.davekoelmeyer.co.nz/docs/oi_147Firefox3612.png
>
> Most text elements by comparison are pretty jagged, but the headings are
> particularly ugly.
>
> Interestingly, this is the same page, but zoomed in two increments:
>
> http://www.davekoelmeyer.co.nz/docs/oi_147Firefox3612-zoomed.png
>
> Note that main heading ("DATAZUUL") is now displaying with nicely
> antialiased edges.
>

Ubuntu probably does not have the old Helvetica fonts (which are not
antialiased) - compare 'fc-match Helvetica' (or "Helvetica-12", etc).

-Albert