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  aaaa aaaaa

  Feb 20, 2007 at 1:30 pm

  This would be lovely if it would disable every cleartype fature within the system. Unfortunately thanks to Microsoft, start menu, location bar in IE7, Windows Mail newsgroup display…etc… will still have cleartype enabled. On some of these locations cleartype looks just terrible (Windows Mail for instance) and cannot be disabled – at least not without some system tweaks – currently I don’t know of any.

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  Andreas Warberg

  Apr 15, 2007 at 5:32 am

  I never understood cleartype. I have yet to see a situation where cleartype render fonts even as good as non-cleartyped versions.

  It seems to me they always become more fuzzy be it on CRT displays or LCD’s (new as well old).

  I can best describe cleartype’s effect on fonts as the difference between using an analog (RGB) cable and a digital one (DVI) for your LCD monitor.
  The analog cable introduce quite a bit of fuzzyness in the fonts as compared to its digital counterpart.

  So please, Microsoft, accept that cleartype is a failure and allow us to disable it completely. Don’t force us to use your technology just because you have spent a lot of effort on it.

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  Speedo

  Apr 21, 2007 at 6:06 pm

  I fully agree with the latest speaker. I hope we find a way to fully turn off cleartype in Vista.

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  Ivo

  May 24, 2007 at 1:32 am

  Hi there, I found the following solution
  I disables the cleartype also on the start menu and programs title bar. Ufortunately some places are still with cleartype.

  1. Open Registry Editor.
  2. Navigate through HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Control Panel and Desktop.
  3. Set FontSmoothingType to 1.
  4. Set FontSmoothing to 1.
  5. Reboot.

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  wtf?

  Jun 20, 2007 at 8:58 am

  You people obviously don’t use LCDs or else you are all in need of glasses.

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  2bell

  Jun 21, 2007 at 11:22 pm

  I hope we find a way to fully turn off cleartype in Vista.

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  bram

  Jul 5, 2007 at 10:14 am

  i tried it and my screen is still blury, not every word but a few lines verticaly are always faded, also when i look at this forum, help

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  Joe

  Jul 6, 2007 at 10:49 am

  If only a few lines are, that sounds like it could be something different. Are you using an LCD display? Is it set to it’s ‘native’ resolution? LCD displays set to a non-native resolution will not be as sharp, but that would tend to be everything on the screen.

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  Dan

  Sep 25, 2007 at 8:58 am

  Thanks to the author, I actually had an application turn my cleartype off and elements in Windows Mail / IE7 / Tabs / Menus all became fuzzy. Having Cleartype back ON actually sorted the problem…. I like it!

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  arie herman

  Dec 20, 2007 at 7:41 am

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  PRESSY

  Jul 28, 2008 at 11:53 am

  I’ve tried Ivo’s trick,
  “”
  1. Open Registry Editor.
  2. Navigate through HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Control Panel and Desktop.
  3. Set FontSmoothingType to 1.
  4. Set FontSmoothing to 1.
  5. Reboot.
  “”
  also changed every font to tahoma (default in xp), and it looks way better…. but you can still find cleartypes eg.: in the title-bar…

  for myself i can’t work with cleartype… it looks blurred and hurts in my eyes… don’t know why, but even my old vt100 wise terminal looks better….

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  anti-cleartypist

  Oct 24, 2008 at 1:32 pm

  i used to watch my small 15″ pc screen from less than a meter like everyone does,
  but after several years it got me into a severe myopy/nearsightedness.
  so after my laser surgery i decided to preserve my eyes health by using a large 37″ lcd screen from several meters away.
  it was just nice using xp (with disabled cleartype)
  now tha im using vista i can only turn partially the cleartype.
  and let me tell you how disgusted i am about it
  because i see my eyes are gradually got back into a light myopy/nearsightedness again because of that blurred font.
  i since then turned back to xp until someone makes a patch (or even a hacking tool) to disable it at 100%

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  Alex

  Nov 11, 2008 at 4:55 pm

  hey anti-cleartypist – what kind of LCD display are you using? to my knowledge there is not computer display larger than 30″. anything bigger is an LCD TV not suitable for computer work.
  Cleartype sucks anyhow – why should we be bound to watch fuzzy blurred fonts instead of razor sharp ones?

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  anti-cleartypist

  Nov 28, 2008 at 6:49 pm

  hi Alex,
  i actually watch my pc on a regular HDTV
  at 1920×1080 resolution and 3 meters away from my chair
  and it is just perfect that way, very sharp, very comfortable while it avoids destroying my eyes

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  b

  Dec 21, 2008 at 12:38 pm

  Thanks for the tip!

  I also find clear type extremely annoying, and it gives me a headache.

  I suspect that if we were utilizing DVI (digital connection, which is also what laptops use), clear type may actually be useful. But, for those of us still using the old analog connection to our LCD… cleartype just looks bad.

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  Peter

  Jan 12, 2009 at 12:01 pm

  Fot all these you are complaining because of ClearType: did you try to use Apple’s MacOS X?

  Well, that one has the real bluriness… because of special technique of Apple’s anti-aliasing.

  You can this also on you Windows PC: download Apple Safari and try it out. Browse some websites.

  Now tell me, why do you think what’s better: MS’s ClearType or Apple’s Anti-aliasing?

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  r comment

  Jan 13, 2009 at 9:27 pm

  The concept that sharp, black type is somehow no longer desirable for reading is idiotic. However both MSoft and Apple apparently prefer smear type. Combine this with the current trend of powder blue headers for web pages and functional illiteracy takes on a new meaning.

  However, we’re only renting the operating systems and any complaint that we can no longer easily read the screen is covered by the EULA.

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  Precaq

  Mar 21, 2009 at 3:20 am

  The only way smooth fonts naturally is to wait for the display technology to catch up and do it with native resolution, only font color and background color. However it won’t be any horrible ClearType anymore…

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