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Does -webkit-font-smoothing properties only work on Mac browsers, Not windows? I'm using a Google font and try to make it smooth in Google Chrome for Windows. I found -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; is the solution in Google search but it's not giving any difference on my Google Chrome (Windows)

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It only works on mac, not windows because windows has a different font rendering method.

Source: http://christophzillgens.com/en/articles/-webkit-font-smoothing-reloaded

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  • Does Control Panel > Display Properties > Effects > ClearType for font smoothing have any effect for Windows users in this case? – Brad Dec 15 '11 at 12:12
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    @Brad - we cannot tell every user to do this even if it works – Jitendra Vyas Dec 15 '11 at 12:13
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    Just wanted to add that this CSS rule is also ineffective on Linux (Gnome desktop, i.e. freetype/pango/gtk+). It's a bit unfortunate, because both Windows and Linux do share the notion of 'cleartyped'/hinted/(non-)antialiased font rendering - in theory this CSS rule should be applicable on these platforms. That said, it appears that 'font-smooth' was dropped from the CSS3-fonts draft, and I suppose that means Chrome/WebKit might drop their implementation too at some point. – aphax Mar 14 '12 at 17:04
  • @Brad, tested on Win 7 using Chrome and Safari and different system (Windows) level settings, I see no difference: the browsers use the font smoothing method defined at system level, ignoring `-webkit-font-smoothing` settings. – Jukka K. Korpela Sep 08 '12 at 16:37