Posted by windandwaves on 11/26/50 11:58

wow, interesting - thanks everyone for replying... That is superuseful
- I SOOOO prefer these fonts.... They are indeed easier to read and
they look less pixilated.

Nicolaas
TC wrote:
> 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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