January 26, 2008...9:57 am
How To Change Safari 3 Text Display Settings
I’ve written a few posts about various problems with the Windows version of Safari 3. As a result, a surprisingly large number of the search engine generated visits to this site come from people using terms like “text seems bold in safari” or “safari text problem“.
All Browsers Are Not Created Equally
There seems to be some confusion over the fact that Safari renders fonts differently on screen to other Windows browsers. The appearance of text is different in all browsers and on all platforms, but Safari’s method seems to be so noticeably different that people see it as a problem.
Personally, I like the richer rounder feel that Safari gives to fonts, but if you don’t, here’s how to change it to someting a little more to your taste.
- Open Safari (if you can’t do that because it crashes as soon as you open it, see the list of articles below)
- Choose the Edit menu
- Select Preferences
- When the dialogue window appears, choose the Appearance tab
The drop-down menu for Font smoothing, indicated by the red arrow in my screenshot will let you set the font smoothing to light, medium or heavy.
The nice thing about it is the changes to the font weight happen as soon as you select an option making it easier to choose which setting you prefer.
1 Comment
February 9, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Oh wow, thanks a million - I didn’t notice it at first, but Safari’s text rendering really became a problem for me after a day or so - and while it’s still not perfect, this is a lot better.
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