OT Ugly fonts using XP/Parallels

[Mark Swindell]

Thanks Bill.  I'm definitely a Windows novice.

Yes, I'm running millions of colors and using ClearType, which makes  
things slightly less jagged, but still thin and gray compared to what  
should be.

I don't have the BootCamp partition as you suggest, but it makes  
sense to set things up as you describe.  I just did the Parallels  
install and installed Windows under it.

I'm not sure why Explorer looks so funky... I know it's not as it  
should be, but I don't know why it's the way it is.

Mark



On Apr 11, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Bill Marriott wrote:

> 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.
>
> -- 
>
> 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?
>
>
>
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