Font Rendering Question
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This is not concrete5 related more so as a general web/browser thing.
I know that different browsers render fonts slightly differently, usually to no affect, however, I've run into an issue that is rather bizarre.
Working on a new site with a text navigation using Georgia and a font-weight of bold.
On my computer (Windows 7 64-bit, Firefox 9.0) it looks great. However on our designers computer (Windows 7 64-bit, Firefox 9.0) the font is rendering at a slightly larger pixel size and thus causing the nav to break down onto another line.
Any idea why this would render differently on two identical machines running the same version of the same browser?
I know that different browsers render fonts slightly differently, usually to no affect, however, I've run into an issue that is rather bizarre.
Working on a new site with a text navigation using Georgia and a font-weight of bold.
On my computer (Windows 7 64-bit, Firefox 9.0) it looks great. However on our designers computer (Windows 7 64-bit, Firefox 9.0) the font is rendering at a slightly larger pixel size and thus causing the nav to break down onto another line.
Any idea why this would render differently on two identical machines running the same version of the same browser?
Is it possible one has Cleartype enabled and one doesn't in Windows 7?
The Font Size in FF on both machines is set to the default of 16.
ClearType is enabled on my machine...probably is on the other machine too since it is turned on by default.
If ClearType is the culprit, is there any sort of reliable way to render text on a page when there is limited width/height to work with (such as a navigation) without breaking the layout or resorting to an image-based navigation?
ClearType is enabled on my machine...probably is on the other machine too since it is turned on by default.
If ClearType is the culprit, is there any sort of reliable way to render text on a page when there is limited width/height to work with (such as a navigation) without breaking the layout or resorting to an image-based navigation?
Also when using firebug is there a change on the size value if you inspect the element?