HOWTO: Turn ClearType Font Rendering On
[ 26 February 2008 ]
Marked under windows.
ClearType font rendering in Windows adds a nice shadow to screen fonts. You may notice your desktop fonts have (or don’t have) this shadow:
No ClearType:
With ClearType:
If you want to enable or disable it, go to Display Properties > Appearance.
Then click the Effects button and choose your option under the second drop-down menu.
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I love the cleartype idea. However, I hate the shadow under the desktop icon letters and most cleartype fonts are awfull. Take for instance candara with it’s stupidly small numbers 0 to 9