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  1. December 3rd, 2003, 10:52 AM #1
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    Enable Cleartype for awesome display!

    Just a friendly tip for those unaware of this feature: after using XP for months I finally enabled Cleartype. The screen fonts look so much better now, and it's not just on the desktop. It affects email, browsing, etc.!

    Ironically this came about because I was impressed how much better the display looked when I booted Fedora Linux on the same hardware!

    Right-click on the desktop, select Properties. Appearance Tab, and click on the Effects button. Enable smoothing of screen fonts and choose Cleartype as the method. Voila!
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    And if ya want to (or need to) tweak things a bit further: ClearType
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    Thanks..I love it..Easier on my eyes.....
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  4. December 3rd, 2003, 02:33 PM #4
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    I said before that was the one thing that Microsoft got right. You will notice that it was so good that Microsoft failed to make it the default. You have to stumble onto this, but other crap they make it the default you have to hunt around to find out how to get rid of it. Wonder who they stole clear type from.
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    Yes, I've been using Cleartype for ages, and I really do miss it when I use my Win2000 machine. Here are some more tweaking tools:

    http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ame=%20&fsize=

    http://www.petri.co.il/what_are_clear_type_fonts.htm
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    I dont have that choice in my XP?
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    right click> click properties> then appearence> then settings that will get you there angelo
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    sorry I was doing somethign wrong. I found it.

    thanks
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    Originally posted by Angelo921
    I dont have that choice in my XP?
    Are you asking about Cleartype or those tweaking tools? Because my original post shows how to enable Cleartype if you have XP.

    Edit: whoops - posted a minute after you did!
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    Or you can use ClearTweak 2.5
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    It makes a big difference on LCD screens and a small difference on CRTs.

    I enabled it on my CRT monitor a while ago and it seems to look a bit better. But apparently its a drastic improvement on an LCD.
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    Originally posted by Fuelm@n
    Or you can use ClearTweak 2.5
    Maybe because I'm trying to view on WinNT on a CRT but all thes screen shots at that link look identical other than the final one where the text appears a little darker and bolder.
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    Wow...that actually made a difference. A lot easier to see things, unless i was a foot away from the monitor, the letters usually blur together, now they don't. Thanks, much.
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    You're welcome! I especially like the text in my browser and email.

    Originally posted by Rapmaster
    It makes a big difference on LCD screens and a small difference on CRTs.

    I enabled it on my CRT monitor a while ago and it seems to look a bit better. But apparently its a drastic improvement on an LCD.
    Interesting Rapmaster. I found a huge difference on my CRT. Have you changed all the display fonts or have you been running the XP defaults?
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    I like it better the other way. On my computer (Dell 19' sony) it makes everything darker, fuzzier and harder to read. Go figure. Maybe it's because I have the Ripple background pic.
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