OT: Cleartype (was: Weird LCD monitor bug)

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello MAU, Thursday, October 28, 2004, 10:54:55 PM, you wrote: What is ClearType, something specific to XP? It is the software based anti-aliasing for on-screen fonts. The results depend on the screen type (its said to be best on LCD monitors). Well, personally, I can't get used to it. A lot

Re: OT: Cleartype (was: Weird LCD monitor bug)

2004-10-29 Thread Manuel Breitfeld
Hello Alexander, on 29.10.2004 at 09:18 you wrote: The worst thing about ClearType is that you can *only* adjust your cleartype settings by visiting a M$ website with IE + an ActiveX control (someone please correct me, I'd be more than happy). As far as I know, e.g. TuneUp Utilities (2004)

Re: OT: Cleartype (was: Weird LCD monitor bug)

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Manuel, Friday, October 29, 2004, 9:22:27 AM, you wrote: The worst thing about ClearType is that you can *only* adjust your cleartype settings by visiting a M$ website with IE + an ActiveX control (someone please correct me, I'd be more than happy). As far as I know, e.g. TuneUp

Re: OT: Cleartype (was: Weird LCD monitor bug)

2004-10-29 Thread Daniel Vollmer
Hello Alexander, Friday, October 29, 2004, 09:17:11, you wrote: The worst thing about ClearType is that you can *only* adjust your cleartype settings by visiting a M$ website with IE + an ActiveX control (someone please correct me, I'd be more than happy). In my days without internet

Re: OT: Cleartype (was: Weird LCD monitor bug)

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Allie Martin everyone else 29-Okt-2004 13:37, you wrote: Seems like you need a decent monitor I don't think so. NEC 1760NX connected via DVI. Cleartype enhances font appearance. But its just another automatic and more or less dumb routine, thats why it doesn't work for every font...

Re: OT: Cleartype (was: Weird LCD monitor bug)

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Daniel Vollmer everyone else 29-Okt-2004 09:30, you wrote: In my days without internet connection I made a tiny ClearType adjuster for offline use (20k). It still needs IE and ActiveX, but only for the local zone. You can find it here: http://www.maven.de/code/cleartype.zip I just