OT Ugly fonts using XP/Parallels

[Bill Marriott]

Mark,

If you're a newcomer to Windows, fonts may not look as nice as you're 
accustomed to in Mac OS X.

1) Are you running Windows in Millions of colors?

2) Have you turned on ClearType in Windows?

Display Properties--> Appearance--> Effects

[x] Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts
     - ClearType

3) Are all the fonts equally unattractive? Some fonts are TrueType/OpenType 
in Windows, and some are not. Try Verdana and Georgia, which should look 
best.

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BTW: The best way (IMHO) to set up Parallels is to create a Boot Camp 
partition first (being sure to install Apple's drivers), then instruct 
Parallels to re-use that partition for its virtual machine while running in 
Mac OS X. This way, you have access to the native environment when you need 
it, and you can compare to see whether a problem (such as the display issue 
you're encountering) is due to Parallels or just the "way it is" in Windows.

FWIW, I don't notice the fonts in Windows looking any different than they do 
on my Windows desktop.


"Mark Swindell" <mdswindell at cruzio.com> wrote 
in message news:79ADAF61-501E-40F1-9508-D07355F95F92 at cruzio.com...
> Newbie question:
>
> I've finally got Parallels and Windows XP Home Edition installed and 
> running on a MacBook Pro... but
>
> the fonts look terrible... .  thin and straggly and grayish... both  in 
> the system and Explorer
>
> I've looked around the Parallels site for info and come up with  nothing. 
> It's not right, as I looked at a friend's native XP setup  and things 
> looked fine.
>
> Anyone here seen this, or have a solution?