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		pier25 on Sept 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Skia-canvas, a browserless implementation... > On Windows, for example, Skia will render text closer to Direct2D/DirectWrite. On MacOS to CoreText. So what you're saying is that Skia changes the aliasing to look like the platform it's running on? Damn, I wish I could make Chrome on Windows render text like it does macOS.

c-smile on Sept 3, 2020 | [–]

I do not see any significant difference (other than different system fonts):

Here is MacOS rendering https://sciter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mac-os-front.p...

pier25 on Sept 3, 2020 | | [–]

Maybe not when using Sciter, but on Chrome the differences are massive. I will try to make some screenshots later.

jahewson on Sept 4, 2020 | | [–]

You might want to check out MacType

https://github.com/snowie2000/mactype/wiki/Google-Chrome

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