Font Smoothing

Did you know..?

Published on November 2, 2006 By vStyler In OS Customization

In looking through the screenshots thread i have noticed a considerable number of people do not have font smoothing turned on on their PC. Thesedays some of the new fonts such as calibri, candara used in themes (including most of mine)are designed for use with font smoothing turned on, Turning it on will DRASTICALLY in my opinion improve useability and overall appearance of your screen.

Its easily accessed by going into your Display Properties Appearance Tab and clicking the effects button...Choose Clear Type from the dropdown list, click ok and see what a difference it makes !!

This may have been posted before but its such an important part of customizing to me perhaps its worth a second mention.

note: If you are using my VECTRA theme its almost a neccesity to have font smoothing turned on for it to appear correctly.

Comments

BlueDev

on Nov 03, 2006

I gotta agree man. I recall, years ago, reading an article that referred to Clear Type as one of the most overlooked features of XP.

I love it. It makes such a huge difference in the comfort experience of using my computer.

vStyler

on Nov 25, 2006

well, im glad one person noticed it..lol i couldnt go an hour with Cleartype turned off.. honestly i dont know why it doesnt come turned on as default thesedays.

Daiwa

on Nov 26, 2006

While I prefer having ClearType turned on, too, it does create some issues with skinning owner-drawn menus. They can be overcome, but at the cost of some limits to your creativity. I also wish SkinStudio had a true WYSIWYG preview that displayed in ClearType, but not a huge deal.

vStyler

on Feb 18, 2007

I also wish SkinStudio had a true WYSIWYG preview that displayed in ClearType, but not a huge deal.

yeah that would be rather nice..lets start a petition.

thomassen

on Feb 18, 2007

It'll be pushed more with Vista having it on by default as well as IE7 that renders with ClearType on by default as well regardless of system setting.

Bebi Bulma

on Feb 18, 2007

I use MS's ClearTypeTuner because my monitor doesn't behave well with regular ClearType, so I can adjust it accordinly to look good. At first I thought clear type just made things blurry, but it really does make an improvement.

vStyler

on May 01, 2007

Public service Bumpo

thomassen

on May 02, 2007

Bebi: You using CRT?

Bebi Bulma

on May 02, 2007

Nope, 19 inch LCD.

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