title: Forcing anti-aliasing using css: Is this a myth?
body: <p>Recently a client has complained about the appearance of a system font in IE6. Basically th issue is that IE6 doesn't support font-smoothing/anti-aliasing (I know you can turn it on in an OS setting or something). But someone threw out this gem:</p>
  
  <p>"You can force font anti-alias in css by using pt instead of px."</p>
  
  <p>I did a quick POC in various browsers and saw no difference. I found one reference to it online, last post on this forum:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/css/3280638.htm" rel="noreferrer">http://www.webmasterworld.com/css/3280638.htm</a></p>
  
  <p>This sounds like the equivalent of a web developer urban myth, my feeling is it's BS. Has anyone ever encountered it?</p>