[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #55596: Twenty Twenty-Two: font-smoothing antialiasing setting (was: Should font-smoothing antialising setting in 2022 default theme be enabled?)

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#55596: Twenty Twenty-Two: font-smoothing antialiasing setting
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 Reporter:  happysadhu     |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Bundled Theme  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |     Focuses:
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Description changed by sabernhardt:

Old description:

> Currently, at the top of 2022's style.css, font-smoothing is enabled by
> default by the following:
>
> body {-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;-webkit-font-smoothing:
> antialiased; }
>
> Critics of such anti-aliasing font smoothing say that it actually
> degrades the clarity of fonts on computer screens, particularly dark text
> on a light background. It switches rendering from subpixel-rendering to
> pixel level rendering:
> https://usabilitypost.com/2012/11/05/stop-fixing-font-smoothing/
> https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/1170
>
> Perhaps, font-smoothing should not be enabled by default in the default
> wordpress theme.
>
> Cheers, Sam

New description:

 Currently, at the top of 2022's style.css, font-smoothing is enabled by
 default by the following:

 `body {-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;-webkit-font-smoothing:
 antialiased; }`

 Critics of such anti-aliasing font smoothing say that it actually degrades
 the clarity of fonts on computer screens, particularly dark text on a
 light background. It switches rendering from subpixel-rendering to pixel
 level rendering:
 https://usabilitypost.com/2012/11/05/stop-fixing-font-smoothing/
 https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/1170

 Perhaps, font-smoothing should not be enabled by default in the default
 WordPress theme.

 Cheers, Sam

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