[thelist] CSS Question...

Bonnie Fitzgerald bonpaul at bigfoot.com
Thu Aug 30 08:35:50 CDT 2001


Thanks for your thoughts Frank.

I might be using a bitmap not a vector-based font - will look into this a
bit more!

Appreciate your help.

Cheers,
Bonnie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank" <framar at interlog.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [thelist] CSS Question...


> >  I'm wondering if someone can tell me if there is a CSS
> >  text property for enabling anti-alias. I find that when
> >  I use css, the text edges are very choppy and I would
> >  like to display them with an anti-alias look without
> >  having to resort to a graphic.
>
>
> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the answer is No.
> Anti-aliasing of text is taken care of by the browser (which is in
> turn taken care of by the OS).
>
> If you've got a case of the jaggies, I would recommend looking at the
> following items:
>
> 1) The font on your particular machine is bitmap, not vector based.
>
> 2) The particular size (too small or weird: 11.423pt) makes it hard
> for your machine to deal with nicely.
>
> 3) The font you've specified is unavailable and has been substituted
> for an alternate.
>
> 4) An anti-aliasing gremlin was hungry and started nibbling on your
font-edges.
>
> --
>
> I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at
once.
>
> Frank Marion                      Framar Studios
> frank at framarstudios.com           http://www.framarstudios.com
>





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