IE7 with ClearType
November 21, 2006 by Josh Highland
Filed under internet, software
I installed IE7 with ClearType.
ClearType is a technique to smooth out text and make it look softer to the eye.
It sounded like a good idea, then I relaized that it didnt just effect IE, but windows explorer, my computer, control panel, and basically all the other internal windows areas.
It wouldnt be so bad if it didnt make all the text on the screen look like it had a slight blur to it, It was annoying and hurt my head after a while.
I tracked down the way to turn it off in windows XP:
- Open IE7
- Open Tool Menu
- Click Internet Options
- Click Advanced Tabs
- Under Multimedia, clear the Use ClearType checkbox
- Click OK X 2
Yeah, I don’t really like cleartype. I thought it looked cool at first, but now i’m not too sure it looks good. (Not that I use IE or anything…)