Is anyone aware of the issue with pixelated text on Android. I have spent a few hours testing to find the cause of this issue. It seems that when a text box is a certain size, it stops anti alaising.
I am having the same issue when testing courses in HTML5 on Firefox and Chrome, so I don't think it's solely an Android issue. Have you found a fix for this, or a work around?
Objects aren't vectored in HTML5 output. As a result, they may not appear as crisp in HTML5 as they do in Flash if you set the player to scale to fill the browser. To avoid scaling and reduction in image quality, we recommend locking your course player at optimal size.
Tip: Because objects aren't vectored in HTML5 output, they may look blurry or pixelated in zoom regions.
I found that the issue only affected the default Android browser but worked fine in Android chrome browser.
I will just communicate to my clients that this is the favoured browser on Android.
I have also found that a blank variable makes the font super sharp which is another option.
For example, creating a variable called "TextFix" and having %TextFix% at the end of paragraph fixes it (Although it does look slightly different to normal anti alaised text as it is sharper.
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Hi Elliot,
I am having the same issue when testing courses in HTML5 on Firefox and Chrome, so I don't think it's solely an Android issue. Have you found a fix for this, or a work around?
Hi Gary,
That is strange it, mine is working fine on everything apart from Android.
If it is over 4 lines it pixelates, less than that is smooth and readable. I am sure it is an android issue.
If anyone has a fix or workaround I would be happy to hear it.
Many thanks,
Elliot
Hi Elliott and Gary!
Objects aren't vectored in HTML5 output. As a result, they may not appear as crisp in HTML5 as they do in Flash if you set the player to scale to fill the browser. To avoid scaling and reduction in image quality, we recommend locking your course player at optimal size.
Tip: Because objects aren't vectored in HTML5 output, they may look blurry or pixelated in zoom regions.
If you need us to take a look, I invite you to share your .story file here.
Hi Leslie,
I found that the issue only affected the default Android browser but worked fine in Android chrome browser.
I will just communicate to my clients that this is the favoured browser on Android.
I have also found that a blank variable makes the font super sharp which is another option.
For example, creating a variable called "TextFix" and having %TextFix% at the end of paragraph fixes it (Although it does look slightly different to normal anti alaised text as it is sharper.
This is all using Arial as well.
Many thanks,
Elliot
Yes Elliot, Google Chrome is the supported browser as you can see here.
Thansk for the reply.
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