Stronger text and improved kerning in the new version of Jelly Bean
Do things look a bit ... different ... since upgrading your Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 7 to Android 4.2? Turns out there's one change in the new version of Android that hasn't been documented at all until now. In the new version of Jelly Bean, Google's made some very subtle, but sweeping tweaks to the way text is rendered throughout the OS.
If you look closely at our animated GIF above, you'll see that text in 4.2 is slightly bolder with smoother edges, with improved kerning (letter spacing), too. This applies throughout the UI, in emails, web pages and other applications.
We've spotted Google's new text rendering stuff on the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7, so it looks like it's a system-wide change, rather than a graphics tweak tied to any particular hardware. On the whole, this makes for slightly clearer on-screen text that's a little more pleasing to the eye. (And the improved kerning is sure to keep design geeks happy, too.)
We've got another GIF showing the differences in text rendering in 4.2 after the break.
Are there any other little tweaks you've noticed in 4.2? Let us know in the comments.
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Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/g1CWnBAkXd8/story01.htm
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