Do you use ClearType fonts?

[thesurge]

I've started to get headaches after prolonged use of the computer, and I just recently turned ClearType "On". I'm not sure if I can blame it (as in, turn it off), just yet. What does everyone think of it? (I have to admit, it makes all the fonts look a lot smoother).

EDIT: Official (Microsoft) ClearType Tuner (if anyone is wondering)

 

[TheGizmo]

i like it on lcds

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

I use it now I've got an LCD.

 

[ForumMaster]

i've used ClearType ever since i got my LCD. it really helps me personally. although it looks like crap on CRT's.

 

[david46675]

I just turned it on after reading this and it seems pretty great on my laptop 🙂

 

[clamum]

I have a CRT and use it. Looks better to me.

 

[secretanchitman]

yep, its enabled on all of my lcds.

edit: too many "ons"

 

[dbk]

I use it on my laptop.

 

[Anubis]

nope

 

[Shawn]

no, and it is the first thing I disable when I install Vista.

 

[Running]

how do you turn it on?

 

[thesurge]

Originally posted by: Running
how do you turn it on?

Official ClearType Tuner

 

[So]

I can't stand it. Off, off, off. I have an LCD so text looks crisp and sharp, not so I can waste CPU cycles having software re blur it for me.

 

[techs]

I always enable ClearType regardless of whether I am installing on a computer that will use a crt or an lcd.
It is by far easier to see print on the screen.
By default cleartype is turned on in the new Internet Explorer 7 but only for Internet Explorer and not Windows.
To turn cleartype on go to Control Panel-Display-Appearance-Effects and turn it on using the options for- Use the Following Method to Smooth Edges of screen fonts.
You can also download a utility to modify ClearType to slightly different defaults from this Microsoft link:

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypePowerToy.mspx

 

[RallyMaster]

i'm trying it right now....let me see if i like it or not. used to hate it on my old LCD though

 

[potato28]

I hate ClearType. Even though I have a LCD, it's clean and crisp.

 

[Atheus]

I just turned it off for the first time in ages - yuk, tuning it back on.

 

[homercles337]

MS stole that from academic research and patented it. No credit was ever given to Wandell and collaborators.

 

[Ika]

I much prefer ClearType off. IE7 looks like it uses ClearType by default and I hate it. I prefer my text to be one pixel wide, not seventeen.

 

[timswim78]

I like it. It took a while to get used to, but it seems to be easier on my eyes.

 

[JBT]

I think it looks much better with it on.

 

[theeedude]

Cleartype sucks. Why pay the big bucks for your ultra sharp LCD if you are just going to blur the fonts? Makes no sense to me.
I love the sharpness of not having ClearType.

 

[chr6]

Originally posted by: senseamp
Cleartype sucks. Why pay the big bucks for your ultra sharp LCD if you are just going to blur the fonts? Makes no sense to me.
I love the sharpness of not having ClearType.

agreed

 

[Mo0o]

i have it on, otherwise the fonts look too jagged

 

[SZLiao214]

Ah thanks. Never knew about this.