When viewing webpages, the rendering of typefaces is bad (blurry) compared to (for example) Internet Explorer. This makes reading information very tedious and tiring. I have screen shots to prove my point.
My machine is not new: its an IBM/Lenovo Think Pad Z61m. I am running XP with all updates and have just updated all drivers etc for the machine.
Because I am running XP I cannot use a newer version of IE than 8 - and 8 can't handle everything on the net these days. I was planning to switch to FireFox, but if this cannot be fixed I will have to look into Chrome instead.
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finitarry 3 years ago Have you tried modifying the gfx font setting in the about:config page?
- gfx.use_text_smoothing_setting = true
What do you use for layout.css.dpi?
-1 = Use the host system’s logical resolution or 96, whichever is greater
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jscher2000 3 years ago Apologies that the initial posting form doesn't let you show your screenshots, but if you reply the thread, there is a file uploader below the compose box for that purpose.
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TheOldFox 3 years ago Do you have "Clear Type" font smoothing enabled?
- http://www.ehow.com/how_5919817_enable-font-smoothing.html (scroll down to the Windows XP section)
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pesto47 3 years ago Changing the setting from Standard to ClearType fixed it!!
THANK YOU!!!!
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pesto47 3 years ago Sorry, but this is far too technical for me. I don't know what any of that means.
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pesto47 3 years ago Since the problem was solved by using the ClearType-setting, I won't be needing to upload the files.