AW: Ugly fonts

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Just to add my two bits worth: As someone who is visually challenged,  
when I receive ANYTHING with white text and a colored background, I  
trash it. It is entirely too difficult for me to read. I certainly  
would not work in that type of environment under any circumstances.  
Black on white works for me. IMHO,

Joe Wilkins

On Apr 12, 2007, at 6:31 AM, Signe Marie Sanne wrote:

> 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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