A little admiration of how easy UI customization is on Firefox, and how shitty Chromium looks.

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    8 months ago

    Try these settings on Firefox in about:config

    gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.enhanced_contrast = 100
    gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.pixel_structure = 5
    gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.rendering_mode = 5
    gfx.font_rendering.fallback.always_use_cmaps = true

    I cannot use Firefox without them. They adjust the text rendering to be more… normal, I don’t understand why they aren’t default, but maybe things change at higher resolutions (but I don’t own a 2160p monitor to test).

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        8 months ago

        I’ve accidentally fell into a Linux space, my bad! This will work on Windows, I’m not sure of alternatives on Linux, I gave up using it before I could play around with Firefox.

        Try looking for aliasing options under gfx.font_rendering and trying them out.

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          8 months ago

          Sooo you mean “Windows has horrible font rendering” ;D I think on KDE its fine, some say GNOME is better but idk.

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            8 months ago

            No, Windows has good font rendering actually. It’s very much just a Firefox issue on Windows.

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              No offence, but I used to think Windows had good font rendering while I was using it. That was until I started using Linux distros. Now every time I boot into Windows, I again remember how awful Windows looks in comparison - washed out, pixelated, gives me eye strain…

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                8 months ago

                never in my years of using Linux have I ever thought that it was rendered clearer. let’s be honest with ourselves, no need to lie.

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                  It’s a function of PPI, hinting settings, font face, etc. The both of you can be correct in your own right…

                  Objectively there is a long history font rendering issues under linux though, so… eh.

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                Linux’s looks more blurry to me, Window’s is much sharper. Maybe at different resolutions it changes though, you need less aliasing at higher res.

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                  8 months ago

                  I have the inverse - where Windows is so fine and pixelated it looks blurry. Linux is sharp and legible. It may be to do with with sub-pixel rendering. And this has been the case for across multiple computers and laptops, windows versions and Linux distros.

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              8 months ago

              Strange, I always find it extremely ugly when using Win10 and I think Win11 has improved a lot but not entirely. Its so square-ish for some reason