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Deleted
Apr 09, 2019

Improve font rendering to be on par with Firefox or at least original Edge

The thing that always made me swithc back to Firefox when trying out Chromium based web browsers was font rendering. You can even see that in the UI of Chromium-Edge, where the Segoe UI font is much ...
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Dean72
Brass Contributor
Feb 13, 2020

Thin font rendering, and lower-contrast font color are the main reasons I won't use Chromium-based browsers. I have trouble seeing low contrast things, and I despise software and websites that do it on purpose.

I currently use Firefox on Windows 10.

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    Deleted
    Feb 14, 2020

    Dean72 Do you run Windows? If so, MS Edge works in high-contrast mode. For more details, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13862/windows-10-use-high-contrast-mode

     

    Here's some more info from our https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/whats-new, "both the web browser and web content now fully support the high contrast themes available in Windows. This feature brings significantly improved legibility and readability of textual content. Our implementation of high contrast in the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge matches the support we offer in legacy Microsoft Edge, and guarantees text readability against any background by adding a text backplate filled with the system background color."
     
    Hopefully that helps!
     
    Fawkes (they/them)
    Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
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      Mitchris
      Iron Contributor
      Apr 04, 2020

      Deleted Do you know anything about changes in this subject? When can we expect them? 

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        Deleted
        Apr 09, 2020

        Mitchris Thanks for checking in with us. We haven't received any public announcements from the team about this since I last posted, but you all will be some of the first to know if/when we have updates!

         

        Fawkes (they/them)
        Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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      Dean72
      Brass Contributor
      Feb 14, 2020
      Thanks Deleted, but I don't need high-contrast, my eyesight isn't that bad. I edited my post above to show that the reason I use Firefox and not any Chromium browser, is because I like the font-rendering on Firefox. Chromium browsers on Windows have a thin/somewhat faint/jagged font rendering, and the color is fainter/less-contrast than Firefox.

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