Questions tagged [font-smoothing]
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Why am I getting blurred fonts in Linux apps in ChromeOS?
I have 4k monitor connected and on ChromeOS itself fonts look excellent and sharp:
But all apps running on Linux VM has ugly, blurred fonts:
Is there any way make fonts for Linux apps rendered the ...
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Claws Mail 3.19.1 (GTK2 ver) Windows port, doesn't have subpixel anti-aliasing
I'm using the Windows port of Claws Mail 3.19.1 (latest version with GTK2) on Windows 10, but the fonts are not subpixel anti-aliased (RGB), they're either raw pixel edges ("crisp"), or ...
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How can I improve the quality of pixelated text in scanned PDF images and convert it into non-pixelated, high-quality digital text?
I have a scanned PDF document containing images with pixelated text. The OCR process has extracted the text, but it appears low quality and pixelated. I want to convert this pixelated text into a high-...
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How to disable font smoothing / anti-aliasing in Windows 10
In Windows 10 by default all text is rendered with so-called font smoothing or anti-aliasing. This is done in an effort to conceal the pixellation or jagged saw-tooth lines that appear because ...
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Text in pdf files is crooked
The text in pdf files is "crooked" (for lack of a better term, see screenshot below). It get't corrected if the text is selected with the mouse. The problem re-occurs after scrolling.
I use ...
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Texts without sub-pixel rendering in Firefox and its variants (Librewolf, Tor, etc) look blurry in LCD monitors
This problem occurs for tabs font as well as font in Library manager:
Can you test and confirm it? Is there any solution? Can I force enable sub-pixel rendering?
Things I tried before:
disabling ...
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Override font smoothing (antialiasing) method in Google Sheets grid (Firefox)
How to override font smoothing used in Google Sheets grid to make fonts sharp (as everywhere else on a page)?
As you can see from the screenshot below, most of the elements use sharp font (standard ...
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Jagged font issue on Full HDTV Display on Windows 10
Those who jump in as soon as seen the title, I know this is an ongoing problem for years and I just wanted to check if there has been any development about this issue. It seems Microsoft won't fix it ...
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How to make text in a scanned pdf appear rounder/smoother/nicer?
I have a scanned pdf and the text in this pdf looks a bit too slim and unsmooth and thus makes it harder to read. Is there a way to optimize the text in the pdf so that it can look rounder/smoother/...
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Why HDMI shows more clear fonts comparing DisplayPort
I have 2 identical 4k Monitor (Philips 276E8V). One of them is connected to my Pc using DisplayPort and the other is HDMI 2.0
I thought DisplayPort is newer technology so I expected better quality on ...
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Fonts are too sharp on one PC. Anything I can do with this?
tl;dr: One of my PCs shows a very sharp fonts with little or no blur even though Smooth edges of images and text is checked. I can resolve this situation somehow?
I have got two computers:
Windows ...
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Permanently delete DirectWrite from Microsoft Windows
I absolutely hate DirectWrite.
Gamma correction is the most important aspect of font rendering. And GDI passes it perfectly. DirectWrite fails gamma more often than not. That's why reading text in ...
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Where are the ClearType keys in the Win10 Registry?
There is a Microsoft Documentation page about ClearType that claims the registry values are under "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Avalon.Graphics\display names"
source: Microsoft doc page
Our Windows 10 ...
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Blurry zones in Windows 10 without scaling enabled
It has been a while and appeared at a precise point in time some months ago.
'Unused' zones are being progressively blurred on my main screen (1080p, I have another smaller monitor) and it unblurs ...
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Fuzziness of text in Windows 10
In Chrome, texts looks amazing on my monitor (Dell u3014). But in Microsoft Office and Windows folders, they are fuzzy. How to fix.
Btw,
I already tried playing with ClearType and tried using the ...
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