Re: [Thinkpad] Cleartype on a Thinkpad

I don't much like Cleartype either -- and, as you noted, it's getting harder
to turn off -- I think there some sort of "Tweak Vista" or "TweakVI"
floating around that turns it off globally, but I'm not sure if you then get
"ugly" fonts.

> What is everyone's take on Cleartype? I find that it makes things fuzzy,
> rather than improving the font image. With certain fonts, I actually see
> blue or red fringes between letters.
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> It seems that Microsoft is forcing it on us.
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> I run XP and recently purchased Office 2007. Office 2007 comes with
> Cleartype turned on, even if it's turned off in XP. There is an option
> to turn off Cleartype in Office 2007, but doing so leaves you with fonts
> that look terrible. It seems that Microsoft has developed a new UI font
> called Segoe UI that only looks acceptable with Cleartype turned on.
> Microsoft doesn't give one a way to change the UI font - it's hardcoded.
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> I also hear that Vista uses the same fonts.
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> I guess for now, I'm going back to Office 2003. I can adapt to the new
> "ribbon" in Office 2007 and I actually like some of the new features;
> however, the Cleartype issue is a show stopper for me.
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> Am I the only one?
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> Greg
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Received on Fri Nov 16 15:48:51 2007