Clearer Screen Type on Windows with ClearType
Posted on August 2, 2007, under How To, Operating Systems, Tools and Services.
I had to install Vista for a job coming up, so I decided to install it on an actual machine as apposed to a VM machine. I spent a week settin it up, and playing with all of the neat new settings, and after a week explorer kept crashing and after two hours I could not find a solution so out came the XP CD again and Vista went back to a VM machine.
When going back to XP the biggest thing I missed about Vista was actually the clearer fonts used, there were a pleasure to read. Note: you can get the Vista fonts on XP though a simple search, or even easier if you install Office 2007 you will get the Vista fonts.
So what makes the fonts smoother and easier to read on Vista? Well it’s called ClearType and there is a PowerToy for XP that you can install for free. Download, install, and configure in the control panel, and you will have smoother fonts similar to Vista.
I knew about this before Vista, but actually couldn’t stand using it. A week of using Vista everyday changed my view on that; no pun intended.
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