Turn on Windows XP ClearType : Improve Font Display and Readability
March 26th, 2005How to read clearly and reduce eyestrain during prolonged on screen reading on your computer? With Microsoft Windows XP, ClearType delivers improved font display quality over traditional forms of font smoothing or anti-aliasing. ClearType improves readability on color LCD displays with a digital interface, such as those in laptops and high-quality flat panel displays. Readability on CRT screens can also be somewhat improved.
Tha above image shows how you normally view the fonts on your computer. And the image below shows how fonts look with Clear Type.
Use this online ClearType Tuner to turn on and tune your Windows XP ClearType settings. I just turned on my setting through this online tuner and I can now read websites, Word documents and all text with much ease now. For some reason it installed through Internet explorer and not firefox. Well thats the way Microsoft likes it products to be – well integrated. It allows you to select from different types of Clear type font settings which you feel look and work best for you in terms of boldness and clarity. Just takes a minute!
If you do not wish to use the popular online ClearType Tuner, maybe are unable to use it due to some difficulties, then download this small software called Windows XP ClearType Tuner PowerToy that lets you activate and tune your ClearType settings via the Windows Control Panel. [2.47MB, requirements - Windows XP]. See clearer, read better and avoid eye strain.
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nice tips
thanks for sharing
Any equivalent for the mac?
Yeah, most Cleartype doesn’t look as good as the ClearType JPEG (cough, cough), and they cheated by making them italics. Plus, normal text doesn’t give half your readers headaches.