IE9 and horrible font rendering
After all the hoopla surrounding the development and release of IE9, it still falls short of the mark. Admittedly, while some aspects of it are streets ahead of its predecessor (notably JS speed and UI appearance) the rendering engine has let developers down yet again – this time with fonts.
During the design stage of IE9 Microsoft decided to ditch the existing font rendering engine for DirectWrite. Now while this may have its advantages, it has resulted in a substantial decline in the quality of rendered font.
Compare IE9 to IE8 and Chrome 8 – what a difference.
What a shame – the poor font rendering ruins an otherwise excellent browser.
I hope you’re paying attention, Microsoft.