I have a laptop and a desktop PC, both running Windows Home Premium. Mozilla Firefox is the default browser.
The thing is, the anti-aliasing / font-smoothing in Firefox is pretty good on my desktop PC, and kinda rough in the Firefox on my laptop.
Website I tested: aahank.com
Screenshots:
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Versus…
Notice the difference? I use the same addons on both Firefoxes. Any idea what could be causing the font-smoothing difference?
More Info:
✔ Use hardware acceleration when available — option is checked in both browsers.
✔ Adjust ClearType text — settings checked. Both have the same.
✔ Both systems have the font (Open Sans) installed locally. Same quality ttf
files.
Best Answer
In about:config, check the settings for
gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params
and compare them between your desktop and laptop.Source: DirectWrite Text Rendering in Firefox 6
I didn't get to test these configurations because I don't have Mozilla Firefox on Windows 7 at the moment, but judging from that article, it looks like this may be the answer you're looking for.