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Old July 20th, 2005, 08:11 PM
Anand
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Default Verdana doesn't get rendered automatically and Arial does?

Hello,
I'm using the following style and am having a problem that Arial get's
rendered with fuzzy edges in the browser IE6:
..headline {
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px;
font-weight:bold; color:#007550; line-height:16px;
}
If I use the same style, but with Verdana, the script has sharp edges.
..headline {
font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px;
font-weight:bold; color:#007550; line-height:16px;
}
Thanks for any tips.
Cheers, Anand Patel
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Old July 20th, 2005, 08:11 PM
Mark Tranchant
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Default Re: Verdana doesn't get rendered automatically and Arial does?

Anand wrote:
[color=blue]
> I'm using the following style and am having a problem that Arial get's
> rendered with fuzzy edges in the browser IE6:
> .headline {
> font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px;
> font-weight:bold; color:#007550; line-height:16px;
> }
> If I use the same style, but with Verdana, the script has sharp edges.
> .headline {
> font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px;
> font-weight:bold; color:#007550; line-height:16px;
> }[/color]

This isn't an HTML issue, it's a browser / OS issue. Go ask Microsoft.

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Old July 20th, 2005, 08:11 PM
James Moe
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Default Re: Verdana doesn't get rendered automatically and Arial does?

Anand wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello,
> I'm using the following style and am having a problem that Arial get's
> rendered with fuzzy edges in the browser IE6:
> If I use the same style, but with Verdana, the script has sharp edges.[/color]

You have "text smoothing" turned on. You can change that in the desktop
properties notebook.
Verdana was designed for the low resolution typical of display
monitors. Arial is just M$' answer to Helvetica.

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