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Improve font rendering to be on par with Firefox or at least original Edge
salvino Of course! I'm happy to help whenever possible.
And to let y'all know: I've confirmed with the product team that this is on their radar and part of their considerations. Thanks again for all the input.
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
- AnonymousJan 31, 2020
Thanks, craig10x, I passed that on to the team.
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge - craig10xJan 28, 2020Brass Contributor
I happened to run across this...I am using the font rendering enhancer extension on my released version of Edge w/Chrome base. I find it does make the difference and gives it the quality that firefox has (darker and sharper)... The chrome developers seem to have no interest in doing anything about it...but it would be great if you could make the modification in Edge w/Chrome so it would not be necessary to use the extension and would actually give you a big advantage over the standard chrome....
I found this brief post which seems to explain what the extension does...sounds like it could be a simple fix and boy would Edge users really appreciate it (like myself)....see link:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/683880/font-rendering-enhancer-a-chrome-extension-which-enables-font-anti-aliasing/
I read (and participated) in this community thread about this, which i know you followed....Thanks....Craig
- craig10xJan 18, 2020Brass Contributor
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So glad to see there is a discussion with the developers about this important issue... I am using the new MS Edge/w Chrome base and it is outstanding except that it shares this same font rendering issue that has been discussed here...
My work around has been to use that "font rendering enhancer" extension from the Chrome extension store...and it makes the difference! The extension has been around many years and if it were to disappear, i'd be forced to go back to using Firefox for my main browser. Google doesn't seem to care, so it's really up to you ms edge developers to try to correct this issue...i shouldn't need to use the extension to solve the problem...
I'm so hoping your team can correct this as i really REALLY want to continue to use MS Edge (w/chrome) as my main browser!
