Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
Type Rendering
Search
Bram Stein
November 14, 2014
Design
7
730
Type Rendering
Deep dive into type rendering in web browsers.
Bram Stein
November 14, 2014
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Bram Stein
See All by Bram Stein
Are variable fonts the future of web typography?
bramstein
1
1.4k
Line breaking, justification, and variable fonts
bramstein
2
2.7k
The Science of Typography - DIBI
bramstein
5
490
Web Fonts Performance
bramstein
12
1.2k
The Science of Typography
bramstein
12
2.2k
Web Fonts Performance
bramstein
110
30k
The Consequences of Web Fonts
bramstein
32
3.8k
The State of Web Type
bramstein
19
6k
Web Typography
bramstein
7
990
Other Decks in Design
See All in Design
一人ひとりのポテンシャルを活かしたナレッジマネジメントとは?
atsushihomma
0
350
界隈からの逃走–デザイン初め新年会2025
sekiguchiy
3
970
なぜ今必要?Figma×SmartHR×DMM.com×一休 エンジニア視点で考えるデザインシステム
hilokifigma
0
570
東急URBAN HACKSのデザイナーって何やってるの? 〜Designer Night #1〜
tak073
0
240
若手デザイナーチームが手がける CADC2024クリエイティブディレクションの全貌 / opening-design
cyberagentdevelopers
PRO
1
1.5k
エンタメ業界からDX領域に飛び込んだデザイナーが今立ち向かっている壁とは / applibot-dx-designer
cyberagentdevelopers
PRO
1
180
デザイナーのマネジメント職、 身構えずにやっていこう
fumink7
0
770
プロダクトデザインの「守破離」の「破」について
hayashirine
0
310
マルチプロダクトにおけるデザイナーの挑戦-デザイン初め新年会2025
u_ri_ta
1
140
Figma Code Connect を使ってエンジニアの新しい体験をデリバリする
junkifurukawa
0
600
株式会社デイトラ様│コーポレートサイト│コンセプトシート
haruka_capeo
0
310
Дизайн современной услуги с Картой процесса-опыта
ashapiro
0
110
Featured
See All Featured
Intergalactic Javascript Robots from Outer Space
tanoku
270
27k
The Illustrated Children's Guide to Kubernetes
chrisshort
48
49k
CSS Pre-Processors: Stylus, Less & Sass
bermonpainter
356
29k
Building an army of robots
kneath
302
45k
The Pragmatic Product Professional
lauravandoore
32
6.4k
Music & Morning Musume
bryan
46
6.3k
[RailsConf 2023] Rails as a piece of cake
palkan
53
5.2k
I Don’t Have Time: Getting Over the Fear to Launch Your Podcast
jcasabona
31
2.1k
For a Future-Friendly Web
brad_frost
176
9.5k
VelocityConf: Rendering Performance Case Studies
addyosmani
328
24k
Scaling GitHub
holman
459
140k
Thoughts on Productivity
jonyablonski
69
4.4k
Transcript
Type Rendering Outlines Hinting ANTIALIASING sub-pixel antialiasing Rasterizers CoreText web
fonts GDI DirectWrite Sampling BLACK & WHITE grayscale color filtering LCD pixels TrueType SVG WOFF Bezier opentype ClearType Design Responsive Smoothing Typography twitter.com/@bram_stein
TTF, OTF, SVG (WOFF, EOT)
TTF, OTF, SVG (WOFF, EOT)
TTF, OTF, SVG (WOFF, EOT)
OpenType
Outlines BASELINE X-HEIGHT CAP HEIGHT
None
None
None
Hinting
None
None
None
None
Antialiasing
None
None
None
None
None
Subpixel Antialiasing
Brian Wotherspoon - flickr.com/photos/brian_digital/
None
None
Black and White Grayscale Subpixel
Browsers
Browsers Platform
OSX iOS Chrome Sub-pixel / Grayscale Grayscale Firefox Sub-pixel /
Grayscale n/a Opera <= 12 Sub-pixel / Grayscale n/a Safari Sub-pixel / Grayscale Grayscale
Linux Android Firefox OS ChromeOS Chrome * Grayscale n/a Grayscale
Firefox * Grayscale Grayscale n/a Opera <= 12 * Grayscale n/a n/a Safari n/a n/a n/a n/a Android n/a Grayscale n/a n/a
Windows XP TTF Windows XP CFF Windows XP TTF ClearType
Windows XP CFF ClearType IE6 Grayscale - Subpixel - IE7 Grayscale - Subpixel - IE8 Grayscale ?? Subpixel ?? Chrome Grayscale Grayscale Subpixel / Grayscale Grayscale Firefox Subpixel Grayscale Subpixel Grayscale Opera <= 12 Grayscale Grayscale Subpixel Grayscale
Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows Phone IE7 Subpixel
(GDI) n/a n/a n/a IE8 Subpixel (GDI) Subpixel (GDI) n/a ?? IE9 Subpixel (DW) Subpixel (DW) n/a Grayscale (DW) IE10 n/a Subpixel (DW) Grayscale (DW) Grayscale (DW) Chrome Subpixel / Grayscale (GDI) Subpixel / Grayscale (GDI) Subpixel / Grayscale (GDI) n/a Firefox Subpixel (DW) Subpixel (DW) Subpixel (DW) n/a Opera <= 12 Subpixel (GDI) Subpixel (GDI) Subpixel (GDI) n/a
Responsive Typography
None
None
None
None
None
html { font-family: “Proxima Nova”, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: 300; }
<html class=”tr-gdi tr-aa-none”> <html class=”tr-gdi tr-aa-subpixel”>
html.tr-aa-none { font-family: Verdana; } ! html.tr-gdi { font-weight: 400;
}
typerendering.com
Outlines Hinting ANTIALIASING sub-pixel antialiasing Rasterizers CoreText web fonts GDI
DirectWrite Sampling BLACK WHITE grayscale color filtering LCD pixels TrueType SVG WOFF Bezier opentype ClearType Design Responsive Smoothing Typography Resolution DPI Mobile Typekit Request fin Thank you twitter.com/@bram_stein