Can we please get a Chrome release version that uses DirectWrite like FF4+ and IE9+ already? Sheesh. https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/?fromgroups#!...

What I see matches your screens. The font renders poorly on Windows (Chrome & Firefox), on 2 different PCs (one Vista, one Windows 7). Cleartype is enabled (default). I've seen similar problems with web fonts before, but this is especially bad (probably exacerbated by the small font-size) so you're not alone. Shame, as it detracts from the rest of the design which is pleasingly beautiful.

Back on-topic: Very interested in this release, router sounds especially promising. Hope to see some docs on that soon.

You may wish to try adjusting your ClearType settings.

cancelbubble: I can't reply to your comment directly, but your account appears to have been hellbanned for quite a while. I'm not sure how to get that undone, try contacting pg.

this is a generic windows issue. usually noticed by users who switch over to it after using a mac for a while. lets just say font-aliasing is not one of windows strengths.

Whilst you're right that Windows fonts are generally rendered poorly in comparison to Mac/Linux, this is especially an issue with web-fonts afaict. Web-safe fonts like Arial, Georgia etc look (pretty much) fine under Windows.

In fact I think something else is at work here, because actually the main font this site is using is 'Lato' which looks just fine under Windows if you search for it at http://www.google.com/webfonts

Could this be due to the background image?

That exacerbates it a bit, but the font is still pretty blocky unless you zoom the fuck out of it.

yeah, I'm getting that look too.

Looks atrocious for me as well.

Glorious Windows!