@font-face anti-aliasing on windows and mac

Question

I've used http://www.fontsquirrel.com/ to create a @font-face kit.
It works fine, but the result on windows is different from the result on mac.
On windows the font seems to have a wrong anti-aliasing:
this is the result on Mac with FF, Chrome or Safari (all updated to last version).
this is the result on Windows with FF or Chrome.

As you can see, the result is not the same. On Windows the font is thicker and rougher.
How can I solve this?

Answer 1

I've done a little research, and I've found a hack that I think makes a difference. Put this in your CSS with your font variables:

-webkit-transform: rotate(-0.0000000001deg);

As well, I find that a full-on black (#000000) doesn't help matters either. Using a very dark seemed to help me.

Answer 2

I too have been plagued with this on Chrome and I think I've just found the answer!

Chrome didn't like the default fontsquirrel.com generated CSS.

@font-face {
    font-family: 'HLC';
    src: url('/_styles/hlc/hl-webfont.eot');
    src: url('/_styles/hlc/hl-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
         url('/_styles/hlc/hl-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
         url('/_styles/hlc/hl-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
         url('/_styles/hlc/hl-webfont.svg#HLC') format('svg');
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;
}

To fix, i moved the SVG line:

url('/_styles/hlc/hl-webfont.svg#HLC') format('svg')

to the top of the list. Now I see anti-alias fonts! I guess Chrome wants to be first...

/* THIS WORKS FOR ME */
@font-face {
    font-family: 'HLC';
    src: url('/_styles/hlc/hl-webfont.eot');
    src: url('/_styles/hlc/hl-webfont.svg#HLC') format('svg'),
         url('/_styles/hlc/hl-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
         url('/_styles/hlc/hl-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
         url('/_styles/hlc/hl-webfont.ttf') format('truetype');
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;
}

Hope it works for you too. Enjoy!