Posted by TC on 09/15/06 14:57

Benjamin Niemann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> windandwaves wrote:
> > I just did a test run for IE 7.0 - nothing too special... It all seems
> > to be working pretty well, nice design. However, the fonts are
> > amazing.... That is really a huge change. It makes your PC look like a
> > MAC. The fonts are anti-aliased? This is really a design thing and
> > not a technical issue, so I am not sure if I should discuss here, but I
> > just wanted to express my excitement about this... Will my beloved FF
> > do the same thing? The crazy thing is that Outlook does the same thing
> > so it is really something that is deeply embedded in windows. Having
> > said that, I dont see it in any other programme....
>
> AFAIK this is ClearType which is enabled in IE7. It's also available for all
> other apps, but you'll have to enable it manually (don't ask me how, I'm a
> Linux user...).


It's not just IE. I enabled it on my XP SP2 laptop, and almost
everything started using it.

Display Properties : Appearance : Effects : Use the following method to
smooth edges of screen fonts: "ClearType".

HTH,
TC (MVP MSAccess)
http://tc2.atspace.com

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