March 12, 200917 yr ClearType is turned ON, notice the choppy edge on big text and the smooth edge on small text. ClearType is turned OFF, the large text is no longer choppy but the small text is. I'm running Windows XP and I have an HP LCD screen. I've tried changing the settings using the power toy, in vain. Is there an alternative to ClearType available that won't have such a strong effect on large fonts, or something I might have missed in the settings? Thanks. :) Matt: You want that eh? You want everything good for you. You want everything that's--falls off garbage can Camera guy: Whoa, haha, are you okay dude? Matt: You want anything funny that happens, don't you? Camera guy: still laughing Matt: You want the funny shit that happens here and there, you think it comes out of your [bleep]ing [wagon] pushes garbage can down, don't you? You think it's funny? It comes out of here! running towards Camera guy Camera guy: runs away still laughing Matt: You think the funny comes out of your mother[bleep]ing creativity? Comes out of Satan, mother[bleep]er! nn--ngh! pushes Camera guy down Camera guy: Hoooholy [bleep]! Matt: FUNNY ISN'T REAL! FUNNY ISN'T REAL!
March 12, 200917 yr This choppiness is caused by aliasing, it doesn't 'smooth' the text out, so it appears pixelated. Anti-aliasing is the 'smoothing' of the text. I'm not sure how cleartype works, but look for an anti-aliasing option, it should fix it.
March 12, 200917 yr Author Well, here's the deal: Normal antialiasing is done pixel by pixel. Cleartype antialiasing is done subpixel by subpixel (one RGB stripe at a time). That gives you a smooth edge with small text, but it's ugly on larger text.... Matt: You want that eh? You want everything good for you. You want everything that's--falls off garbage can Camera guy: Whoa, haha, are you okay dude? Matt: You want anything funny that happens, don't you? Camera guy: still laughing Matt: You want the funny shit that happens here and there, you think it comes out of your [bleep]ing [wagon] pushes garbage can down, don't you? You think it's funny? It comes out of here! running towards Camera guy Camera guy: runs away still laughing Matt: You think the funny comes out of your mother[bleep]ing creativity? Comes out of Satan, mother[bleep]er! nn--ngh! pushes Camera guy down Camera guy: Hoooholy [bleep]! Matt: FUNNY ISN'T REAL! FUNNY ISN'T REAL!
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