thurrott.com font needs to be changed because of a Chrome issue

There is an issue with the way Chrome for Android renders text (Chrome for Android is the most popular browser on earth according to netmarketshare) and because the majority of Chrome for Android users do not have retina class displays, the font on thurrott.com should be changed so it doesn’t look so blurry for so many people. Here’s the chrome bug https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=686059

Conversation 9 comments

  • WP7Mango

    09 March, 2017 - 5:34 am

    <p>Simple answer – stop using Chrome! :-)</p>

    • jimchamplin

      Premium Member
      09 March, 2017 - 9:26 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#89428">In reply to WP7Mango:</a></em></blockquote><p>+1 for irreverent snark! :D</p>

    • Polycrastinator

      09 March, 2017 - 10:05 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#89428">In reply to WP7Mango:</a></em></blockquote><p>But then you'd have to replace your Android with an iPhone, and that would make Jason Chaffetz sad.</p>

  • jlv632

    09 March, 2017 - 9:49 am

    <p>Looks great in Edge. Agree with WP7 Mango!</p>

    • Nic

      Premium Member
      09 March, 2017 - 2:33 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#89459">In reply to jlv632:</a></em></blockquote><p>Mango? http://gph.is/2aYMtWw </p>

    • rameshthanikodi

      09 March, 2017 - 7:04 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#89459">In reply to jlv632:</a></em></blockquote><p>And how can you confirm it looks great in Edge on Android? </p><p>The circlejerk here is unbelievable -_-</p>

  • lordbaal1

    09 March, 2017 - 1:26 pm

    <p>So it's a problem with chrome, not this site.</p>

  • Patrick3D

    09 March, 2017 - 2:16 pm

    <p>Changing the font would not change the issue with Chrome forcing sub-pixel rendering on sub-par devices. You would just continue to be staring at blurry text in a different font.</p>

  • rameshthanikodi

    09 March, 2017 - 3:54 pm

    <p>It's a little blurry but is it really that bad? Anyway, the font being used is here is Open Sans, a font that is widely used on the web, and is owned by Google and was used widely by Google themselves before they switched to Product Sans.</p>

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