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Google Updates Chrome. Version 37 gives cleaner font rendering on Windows!
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27th August 2014, 12:46
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| Madshrimp  Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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 |  Google Updates Chrome. Version 37 gives cleaner font rendering on Windows! Today Google updated the stable version of their Chrome browser to version 37.0.2062.94 on Windows, OS X, and Linux. This is a highly anticipated release for users on Windows specifically, as it marks the move from Microsoft's Graphics Device Interface rendering method to Microsoft's DirectWrite text rendering API. Using GDI resulted in significantly worse text rendering in Chrome compared to other browsers like Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. The issue was also non-existent on Google's versions of Chrome for OS X and Linux which use font renderers native to their own operating systems. Switching to DirectWrite has been requested for years by users on Windows, and Google has stated that it took significant rewriting of their font rendering engine which is why it has taken so long. The issue was more pronounced in some areas than others http://www.anandtech.com/show/8431/g...twrite-support
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27th August 2014, 12:47
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| Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| it's better for titles on Madshrimps site, but smaller text doesn't look that good (1920x1200 resolution) 
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