Improving the appearence of your text with Clear type. xp

Red Dog · 10-04-03, 10:20 AM

Even though I use a CRT I noticed a substantial improvement in the quality of displayed text when I enabled cleartype.

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

Another improvement was changing to the font "georgia", which is a True Type font.

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...&FNAME=Georgia

those 2 changes made a big improvement.

Riptide · 10-04-03, 01:19 PM

Cleartype works awesome w/LCDs. If you like AA w/your fonts in 2d it's great.

Red Dog · 10-04-03, 03:14 PM

I think it was primarily intended for LCD's.

I run my desktop at 1600x1200 (22" crt) and the improvement was very noticeable.

yeah, it kinda is like AA for fonts. lol.

Smokey · 10-08-03, 08:45 AM

I too like cleartype on my crt, you can actually enable it under display properties, appearence, advanced

Red Dog · 10-08-03, 02:45 PM

Smokey,

I think that MS page goes beyond what is done in display properties.

the display properties has a simple switch, the web page asks you to choose from text samples and pick the best appearance.

dont know

Kandoko · 10-08-03, 03:24 PM

Thanks Red Dog I'd forgotten to re-enable cleartype after my last install. With all the reading I do on my PC its a god send. Ohy ve ..... thats easier on the eyes, and here I thoght I just needed new glasses.

10-08-03, 03:37 PM

Cleartype blurs fonts...but it makes it a whole hell of a lot more readable

DaveW · 10-17-03, 10:44 AM

Cleartype is sub-pixel blending. It only works correctly on LCD displays because it needs to map pixels exactly to individual elements on the screen. Sub-pixel blending isn't just anti-aliasing, it actually increases the horizontal resolution of the display by a factor of 3.

Cleartype may look better on a CRT, but you are not really seeing sub-pixel blending, instead its behaving more like regular anti-aliasing, with some side-effects (colored edges around the fonts). For CRTs, regular font anti-aliasing is still better.

10-04-03, 10:20 AM	#1
Red Dog Join Norml today! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 232	Improving the appearence of your text with Clear type. xp Even though I use a CRT I noticed a substantial improvement in the quality of displayed text when I enabled cleartype. http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ame=%20&fsize= Another improvement was changing to the font "georgia", which is a True Type font. http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...&FNAME=Georgia those 2 changes made a big improvement. __________________ And They All Licked Happily Ever After. The End.

10-04-03, 03:14 PM	#3
Red Dog Join Norml today! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 232	I think it was primarily intended for LCD's. I run my desktop at 1600x1200 (22" crt) and the improvement was very noticeable. yeah, it kinda is like AA for fonts. lol. __________________ And They All Licked Happily Ever After. The End.

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10-08-03, 02:45 PM	#5
Red Dog Join Norml today! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 232	Smokey, I think that MS page goes beyond what is done in display properties. the display properties has a simple switch, the web page asks you to choose from text samples and pick the best appearance. dont know __________________ And They All Licked Happily Ever After. The End.

10-08-03, 03:24 PM	#6
Kandoko Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Killin'sumpn' in Karolina Posts: 49	Thanks Red Dog I'd forgotten to re-enable cleartype after my last install. With all the reading I do on my PC its a god send. Ohy ve ..... thats easier on the eyes, and here I thoght I just needed new glasses. __________________ "This hyar curd enables users t'enjoy gamin' an' wawk mo'e produckively. While this hyar produck is not th' fastess in th' ATI lineup it is mighty stable, on overclocks an' perfo'ms fine."

10-04-03, 01:19 PM	#2
Riptide Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Billings, MT Posts: 8,303	Cleartype works awesome w/LCDs. If you like AA w/your fonts in 2d it's great.

10-08-03, 03:37 PM	#7
StealthHawk Guest Posts: n/a	Cleartype blurs fonts...but it makes it a whole hell of a lot more readable

10-17-03, 10:44 AM	#8
DaveW Its me! Hurray! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Brit in USA Posts: 1,203	Cleartype is sub-pixel blending. It only works correctly on LCD displays because it needs to map pixels exactly to individual elements on the screen. Sub-pixel blending isn't just anti-aliasing, it actually increases the horizontal resolution of the display by a factor of 3. Cleartype may look better on a CRT, but you are not really seeing sub-pixel blending, instead its behaving more like regular anti-aliasing, with some side-effects (colored edges around the fonts). For CRTs, regular font anti-aliasing is still better. __________________ Core2 Q9400 @ 3.0, eVGA GTX 260, 4G DDR 800, Vista64