Gagaman Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I just installed win 2000 on an old laptop. Installation went smoothly, but the fonts are quite ugly. Some caracters seems to be bold, others not bold. See also the attached screenshot. Where can I change the fonts so they look nicer?While taking the screenshot, I also noticed that I could only save it as .bmp, no other fileformats (like jpg or so) seem to be available. I used paint to save the screenshot.EDIT: :blink: I just openend the attachment on my desktopputer... here the fonts look completely normal :blink: I assure you that on my lappy they look very ugly.... Sorry I cant show it here :(ugly_font.bmp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 gagaman try1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Display. 2. Click the Effects tab, click the "Smooth edges of screen fonts" check box, and then click OK .The above applies to 98, 2000 I'd imagine would be something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagaman Posted June 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 :flowers: thanks mark2Gonna try this tomorrow... let you know if it worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Clear Type was made for LCD Sreens, give it a go.I use it even on my normal monitor, i prefer the effect.Not sure if it is covered in win2000 help files, like it is in the xp ones, but you should be able to search for Clear Type in help.Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagaman Posted June 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 gagaman try1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Display. 2. Click the Effects tab, click the "Smooth edges of screen fonts" check box, and then click OK .The above applies to 98, 2000 I'd imagine would be something similar.Tried this, it does also applie to win 2000, but no change :(Clear Type was made for LCD Sreens, give it a go.I use it even on my normal monitor, i prefer the effect.Not sure if it is covered in win2000 help files, like it is in the xp ones, but you should be able to search for Clear Type in help.TonyHelp doesnt tell about cleartype fonts, it does about truetype...Gonna try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Clear Type is only for XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagaman Posted June 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Changing my resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768 solved the problem :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Sorry I didn't see this earlier gagaman. Using the correct resolution for any TFT is important if you want to see just how sharp and detailed text can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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