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I’m writing this post for everybody out there who uses FireFox. If you liked the font Anti-Aliasing in Safari when it was made available on the Windows platform and want to achieve something similar even in Firefox, you’ll find this article useful.

Our Aim:

The main aim of this article is to guide you how to achieve Anti-Aliasing in Firefox and any other Windows application that respects Windows GUI guidelines.

The Required Steps:

First of all, if you already haven’t enabled ClearType font, enable it:

Right Click on your Windows desktop >> Properties >> Appearance >> Effects. In the ‘Effects’ window, there is a checkbox “Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts:”. Make sure that this check box is enabled. Currently, this check box should show ‘Standard’ as the default option. Select ‘ClearType’.

That’s it. Click ‘OK’. Back in the “Display Properties” window, click the ‘Apply’ button. You should notice a change in the way fonts appear on your screen as soon as you apply the new settings. Click ‘OK’.

Now if you launch Firefox and visit any website, you’ll notice a wonderful change in the way your browser renders fonts.

ClearType Off

ClearType Enabled

Notice the difference?

Now, to tweak it even further, you need to download and install the Windows XP Power Toy ClearType Tuner utility. I hope that if you properly tweak the ClearType font settings on your system using this utility, you’ll be able to achieve anti-aliasing for all the applications that run on the Windows platform. Windows 2003 users don’t need to worry because this utility works nicely even on a Windows 2003 powered workstation.

[tags]Readability, Firefox, Windows, ClearType, Tweaks[/tags]

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