AlanHo Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 I have IE7 and Mozilla installed on my computer. Both have their respective vices and virtues but one aspect where IE7 is clearly better on my machine - is the legibility of text.Is there any setting in Mozilla I have missed to make it better ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozofdeath Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 In Firefox 2 RC3 its in Tools > Options > Content > Fonts & Colors. More options are in there than in IE6 settings that I have found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 IE7 uses clear type regardless if you have it switched off in XP. That's why fonts look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagwoood Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 AlanHo, FF has the upper hand here because you can set a minimum font size; you can set it to something that you find easier to see. Cozofdeath's thread alluded to it.In v2 of FF navigate to Tools > Options > Content. In the Fonts and Colours box, click on the advanced button and on the right it gives you the option to set a minimum font size.Good coded sites(like this one :) )don't have a problem rendering pages with larger fonts sizes but some others will; it just means you can get text in the wrong place/obscured sometimes. I'm surprised that this option hasn't been introduced with IE7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted October 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 I must have faulty vision. I have tried all the settings in Mozilla and none produce the text clarity you find in IE7. I honestly believe that people who claim Mozilla text to be better than clear type in IE7 to be deluding themselves.Must get down to specsavers....... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Have you got clear typed enabled in XP though?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted October 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Have you got clear typed enabled in XP though??Ouch - I have now - and Mozilla looks as good as IE7. Thanks for the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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