AW: Ugly fonts

[Signe Marie Sanne]

Thanks to you and to Bill for your useful information. Here's what I  
have found out after testing (I use Verdana all over):

Resolutions 1024x768 and 1152x864:

With textsize 18 and 24, plain style (white text on coloured  
background) I would recommend my users to turn on Clear type
Textcolor 100,100,100 (greyish black), textstyle bold, textsize 13  
and 14 may appear a little too hard/dark with Clear type on.

Resolution 1280x1024: It does not matter whether Clear type or  
Standard or none is used.

SIgne Marie Sanne

Den 12. apr. 2007 kl. 15:06 skrev Tiemo Hollmann TB:

> As a Windows user I didn't even know about the cleartype option. I  
> just gave
> it a try and must say, I switched it off immediately, though I have  
> a  flat
> panel. I don't know if it is because I am used over the years to  
> "standard"
> display option, but with clear type the fonts look soo smooth and  
> shadowy,
> that I took my glasses, because it didn't looked sharp any more.
>
> Just to give you my two cents ;-)
>
>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-
>> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Bill Marriott
>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. April 2007 14:54
>> An: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>> Betreff: Re: Ugly fonts
>>
>> Signe Marie Sanne,
>>
>>> Now I wonder: When a new computer is delivered to a private  
>>> user,  will
>>> the box with Clear type be default setting, or is it just   
>>> Standard that
>>> is the default? Is the resolution 1280x1024 now used as  default?
>>
>> It all depends on the particular OEM.
>>
>> ClearType was specifically developed for LCD displays, and some  
>> people do
>> not find it helpful when using a CRT-style display. As LCDs have  
>> fallen in
>> price and improved in quality, almost all new systems ship with  
>> LCDs. And
>> of
>> course notebooks use LCDs as well. So, the smart OEM will probably  
>> ship
>> with
>> ClearType on by default.
>>
>> The last time I purchased a retail standalone copy of XP  
>> Professional, the
>> Standard method was enabled by default. This could easily be  
>> different
>> now,
>> as Microsoft tweaks things over time.
>>
>> The standard resolutions also depend on the display shipped with the
>> system.
>> Usually its set to whatever the native resolution of the LCD  
>> happens to
>> be.
>>
>> Having said all of that, I tried distributing a standalone some  
>> time ago
>> that looked much better with ClearType activated. I found that  
>> most users
>> did NOT have this option turned on. I tried to use a registry hack  
>> to turn
>> it on for them, but either I didn't know what I was doing, or some
>> additional step was needed besides updating the registry. So I  
>> ended up
>> just
>> providing instructions for people to do this on their own.
>>
>> Even with ClearType turned on, Windows fonts appear thinner,  
>> overall, than
>> Mac ones. This is partly due to font metrics on the two systems, and
>> partly
>> because Macs use a "darker" smoothing algorithm than PCs.
>>
>> - Bill
>>
>>
>>
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