Thursday, January 6, 2011

Use ClearType To Enhance Screen Fonts In Windows XP

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ClearType enhances your display by smoothing the edges of screen fonts. ClearType works especially well on

How to Enable ClearType
To use ClearType for screen fonts:

1. Click Start--> click Control Panel--> click Appearance and Themes--> and then click

2. On the Appearance tab--> click Effects.

3. Click to select the Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts check box--> and then click ClearType in the list.


Display Appears Blurry

ClearType is designed to enhance LCD displays. ClearType may appear slightly blurry on standard desktop monitors and on some LCD displays. You may be able to improve this by customizing ClearType as described in the "How to Customize ClearType" section of this article.

In rare cases, perceived blurriness is caused by a manufacturing anomaly on LCD displays in which the normal striping of red-green-blue is reversed with blue-green-red. Currently, there is no support in Windows XP ClearType to compensate for this anomaly. This could be the problem in cases in which none of the ClearType contrast settings look good on a particular LCD display. In those cases, it may be best to turn off ClearType.

Color Setting Must Support ClearType


To use ClearType, you must have a video adapter and monitor that support a color setting of at least 256 colors. Best results are achieved with High color (24-bit) or Highest color (32-bit) support.

To change the color quality:

1. Click Start--> click Control Panel--> click Appearance and Themes--> and then click Display.

2. On the Settings tab--> in the Color quality list--> click a different color setting.

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