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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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 Posted - Jun 22 2006 : 2:52:24 PM
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no clear type tuner installed on my winXP test system. personally i do not see how clear type could be an issue here, since that is only supposed to effect how the font is rendered. of course, i am making the wild assumption that when this font was "designed for clear type" that all they did was to shape the letters so that they would look good when clear type is applied to them.
if i am wrong, and something specific was done to the font its self at a lower level then this would explain the effect.
although in win2k -> display settings -> effects tab
i have the option "smooth edges of screen fonts". does anyone happen to know if this is the same technique as clear type, or a different one? i could google this, but i am not sure it is that important. |
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jpizzi
Tomato Guru
USA
642 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2006 : 11:53:32 PM
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Smooth edges is somewhat different than ClearType. AFAIK, smooth edges just performs anti-aliasing on the edges of the font. ClearType actually uses different colors (brightnesses of the font color) to visually smooth out the edges of the letters.
I'm not sure how "designed for ClearType" would make a difference, either. But then again, I wasn't smart enough in display technology to come up with ClearType to start with, so there is no telling how you would "design" a font for ClearType. |
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Edited by - jpizzi on Jun 23 2006 11:55:58 PM |
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