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LCD Monitors and ClearType

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XP does a nice job of enabling ClearType automatically if you have a laptop, but it doesn't know if you have an LCD display, so many people don't benefit from it.

Here's a page that helps you turn it on and tune it.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2004
    It doesn't seem like there's a way to enable ClearType on only the LCD monitor if you have two monitors connected to your computer and only one of them happens to be LCD.
  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2004
    There's a ClearType powertoy that puts the wizard in the Control Panel. It's on Microsoft's site here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx. Much easier than remembering to go to a website every time you want to tune it up.
  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2004
    Is it me or is ClearType not really much of an improvement? It seems to actually look blurrier. I'm going to give it one more try, but I remember feeling a big "Huh?" when I first did on my LCD monitor.
  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2004
    I agree with Kris. When I turn it on with my LCD's it just makes things look blurrier or like everything is in bold.
  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2004
    I love Cleartype. It makes fonts look the same on-screen as they do on the printed page. Having said that, it all depends on your particular display and your own perception.
  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2004
    :)
  • Anonymous
    October 13, 2004
    On the LCDs I've either used or have seen (mostly ViewSonics), ClearType makes the text worse, IMO, on higher resolutions. Even on newer laptops where higher resolutions are possible, ClearType just seems to make text fuzzy while the monitor does a nice job of displaying text.

    Maybe there are some LCDs out there that would benefit from ClearType, but I still haven't seen one. Older laptops with lower screen resolutions definitely do, though, and then ClearType is quiet impressive.
  • Anonymous
    October 13, 2004
    I'm with Matthew W. Jackson:

    I also like how ClearType looks on CRTs, perverse though that may be.
  • Anonymous
    October 14, 2004
    Thanks for sharing the tips! Lookin' for this for some time.
  • Anonymous
    October 16, 2004
    Maybe Microsoft will include a not-fuzzy font smoothing technique like the one that appears on XFree86 and Mac OS X interfaces.

    Cleartype makes so blurry CRTs!
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