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Comment by cabirum | Hacker News Reader

The real solution is to use DirectWrite API in Chrome (both FF and IE use it for a long time now).

For some reason, Chrome devs are not in a hurry to implement it.

Firefox and IE, by default, use an odd hybrid approach where large fonts get DirectWrite but smaller fonts fall back to 'GDI' style rendering.

If you're using Firefox try these preferences out for a full DirectWrite experience:

    gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled: true;
    gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.use_gdi_table_loading: false;
    gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.force_gdi_classic_max_size: 6;
    gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.force_gdi_classic_for_families: ''; (delete the string)
    gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.rendering_mode: 5;

This is great for the hardcore user, but for everyone else I'd prefer to solve it for them in the css.

Where and how do I apply this to my own browser? (userChrome.css or about:config?)

Thanks.

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