> I suspect there is at least one person who thought it over and genuinely thinks their font rendering is the better choice.
Basically, the OSX font rendering is as close as they can to print, where the Windows font rendering gives primacy to on-screen font clarity. This leads to a "fuzzier" OSX look, but a much better match to the actual typeface where windows's renderer "breaks" fonts to make them "clearer".
This, of course, comes in no small part from Jobs's background in loving the written/printed word. I'm sure it's also helped by the Mac background/history in design and print.
Basically, the OSX font rendering is as close as they can to print, where the Windows font rendering gives primacy to on-screen font clarity. This leads to a "fuzzier" OSX look, but a much better match to the actual typeface where windows's renderer "breaks" fonts to make them "clearer".
This, of course, comes in no small part from Jobs's background in loving the written/printed word. I'm sure it's also helped by the Mac background/history in design and print.