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* Our plan is to force Cleartype on Windows XP for all fonts in content. However, there's some worry about people not wanting this change. | |||
** Cleartype is turned off by default on Windows XP. Users can turn it on manually, but few do. | |||
** Many (most?) @font-face downloaded fonts benefit greatly from Cleartype, because they're not hinted as well as system fonts. However, system fonts can also benefit from this. The biggest difference we see is in small font sizes. | |||
** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=448553 John Daggett has created a screenshot to show the difference between different ways to force Cleartype on.] | |||
** Users will be able to opt out, but will have to do so by going to about:config and tweaking a pref. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V01-4PX7B6S-1&_user=10&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2008&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1354450480&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=1661bd5f9f73a8f1c57ebacde7a1b859 We expect people will enjoy Cleartype once they get used to it], though. | |||
= Hardware Acceleration Update = | = Hardware Acceleration Update = | ||