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Notes

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August 2010

July 2010

  • Font metrics and vertical space in CSS

    "If you’ve ever wondered why some fonts look smaller than others at the same typeset size, or why the vertical space between lines of text is such a guessing game, this post is for you." Jul 14

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January 2010

  • Text-Shadow Anti-Aliasing

    Philip Renich: "I'm really not a big fan of how Windows usually handles [type rendering], so I decided to try to do something about it." Jan 28

  • Users Report Fuzzy Fonts In Evernote 3.5

    Richard Fink: "This isn't the first and it won't be the last time Windows users get upset over changes in font rendering. I'm expecting to see a lot of it in the next few years as Microsoft continues to push WPF and moves to its DirectWrite API instead of GDI for ordinary text rendering." Jan 24