Mac users, don’t you just hate the way Windows render texts? It’s been a week now with my new gaming rig. It’s a desktop PC that runs Windows 7, and I love it very much—mostly for its gaming capability, but not really anything else. Using Windows for some kind of work for just less than a few hours can give you massive headache for how unintuitive it is. One of the issues I have with Windows machines is the way texts are being rendered on screen. Texts are incredibly jaggy! They just look ugly and it’s as if Microsoft is trying to tell everyone fuck off and print everything you wanna read. Here’s the solution: install gdipp, and turn off ClearType and you’re one step closer to the ultimate on-screen reading experience. An important thing to note here is that this isn’t really Windows fault. It’s just about two different approaches to font rendering taken by two parties. But apparently, I agree with Steve Jobs who said that Microsoft just has no taste. P.S. This site has been made to look especially good on Quartz based texts. Install this, restart your machine and come back to this site.

Mac users, don’t you just hate the way Windows render texts?

It’s been a week now with my new gaming rig. It’s a desktop PC that runs Windows 7, and I love it very much—mostly for its gaming capability, but not really anything else. Using Windows for some kind of work for just less than a few hours can give you massive headache for how unintuitive it is.

One of the issues I have with Windows machines is the way texts are being rendered on screen. Texts are incredibly jaggy! They just look ugly and it’s as if Microsoft is trying to tell everyone fuck off and print everything you wanna read.

Here’s the solution: install gdipp, and turn off ClearType and you’re one step closer to the ultimate on-screen reading experience.

An important thing to note here is that this isn’t really Windows fault. It’s just about two different approaches to font rendering taken by two parties. But apparently, I agree with Steve Jobs who said that Microsoft just has no taste.

P.S. This site has been made to look especially good on Quartz based texts. Install this, restart your machine and come back to this site.

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