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by whalesalad 492 days ago
Windows has the worst font rendering of all time. Baby steps, I guess? The difference is marginal.
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Windows font rendering, especially for CJK characters, remains problematic even with the transition from Skia to DirectWrite. Fine-tuning the ClearType tuner doesn't achieve the same text weight as MacType; the characters still appear too thin. Moreover, Microsoft's choice of UI fonts is also poor.