diff --git a/less/core.less b/less/core.less
index 6d223bc2f..1563a1e04 100644
--- a/less/core.less
+++ b/less/core.less
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
   font-style: normal;
   font-weight: normal;
   line-height: 1;
-  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
+  /* CODESIGN2 ADDITIONS */
+  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
+  -webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased;
+  text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.004);
 }