To enable/disable cleartype follow this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306527&sd=tech
I've tried it out and can verify Mike's assertion the the text in textboxes in the dialogs is very hard/impossible to read when it is enabled.
Having said that cleartype was disabled by default on my machine (brand new Laptop with XP Professional). I was very unimpressed with the results from enabling it in any case (one or two of Windows own dialogs was less clear with it enabled).
David Woakes
sailwave@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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Message: 1 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 06:21:01 -0000
From: "Mike Harrison" <mike@mahprojects.co.uk>
Subject: Cleartype problem in dialog boxesRight at the start I looked at Sailwave as a possible program to use
to replace one I wrote years ago (about 1982 and non-Windows and in
Pascal!). In Sailwave there was this problem with dialog boxes being
unreadable. Didn't need to use it, but have just come back now and DO
want to use it. Downloaded 1.57 and found problem still there. Didn't
know what was causing it, but searching this forum, I found the answer
- well hidden and identified just 2 years ago.Two things: 1) The problem and its solution should be made mor obvious to
potential users, or they will be put off using the program.
2) The solution (turning off Cleartype) is not really an answer as it
makes other things (like drop-down Menus) very much harder to read and
ordinary text slightly more difficult. So is there a more long-term
solution? I haven't seen this problem in any other programs, so I
think that something could be done to the code/parameters used in the
application itself to cure the problem.Mike Harrison
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