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One of my colleague mentioned he didn’t like ClearType in the new IE7, the same ClearType that’s on by default in Vista. I don’t mind it myself, but if you find it to be ‘blurry’, or just don’t want it on, you can disable it.
- Right-click the desktop and choose Personalize.
- Click on Window Color and Appearance
- Click on Open classic appearance properties for more color options
- In the Appearance Settings window, click the Effects… button.
- In the Effects window, either uncheck the Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts, or change the drop down menu from ClearType to Standard, and click OK.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
wtf?
Jun 20, 2007 at 8:58 am
You people obviously don’t use LCDs or else you are all in need of glasses.
2bell
Jun 21, 2007 at 11:22 pm
I hope we find a way to fully turn off cleartype in Vista.
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
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.
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!
arie herman
Dec 20, 2007 at 7:41 am
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