Font pixelated on Windows, fine on Macs – Forever Theme

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  ianmacdonaldphotography · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 1:50 am

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  Hello all,

  My website is:

  http://www.ianmacdonaldphotography.com

  When I view it on a Mac or an iOS device (i.e. iPad) the fonts on my website look great.

  When I view it on a PC at my office or a friend’s house the font looks pixelated.

  I am using the Forever theme. If anyone has any thoughts I would much appreciate it.

  Best wishes,

  Ian

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Jan 21, 2015 at 4:46 pm

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  What version of Windows is your friend running? Can you grab a screenshot of the pixelation and upload it to your Media Library?

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  ianmacdonaldphotography · Member · Jan 23, 2015 at 9:32 pm

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  Hello,

  Thank you for the reply. I have attached two screen shots. Note: This occurs regardless of the Windows version (at least the three versions, on three different computers, I have tested it on):

  

  

  I really don’t want to abandon this theme, so I appreciate any help you can provide.

  Best wishes,

  Ian

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Jan 24, 2015 at 12:10 am

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  Thanks for those screenshots! It looks like this is related to how skinny your font is and how good the resolution of the screen is. I’m having a hard time digging into it further so I’m going to ask our theme developers to take a look.

  I’ll let you know when I hear back. :)

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  ianmacdonaldphotography · Member · Jan 24, 2015 at 12:45 am

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  Thank you!

  It is the default font, I haven’t changed anything.

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Jan 26, 2015 at 7:56 pm

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  Hi there!

  Can you check your ClearType and font smoothing settings as explained in this document:

  https://www.winhelp.us/change-font-smoothing-in-windows.html

  Let me know if changing any of that helps the pixelation.