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Questions tagged [font-smoothing]

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Smooth font rendering for Japanese characters

I am using Windows 7 and have set font smoothing to ClearType. However, Japanese characters display very roughly throughout the operating system. What can I do so they are rendered smoothly like other characters? Here is a sample of what they…
missingfaktor
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Windows 10 default dpi settings make cmd blurry

I have recently upgraded to Windows 10 and I have noticed that my cmd console is very big and blurry. I have tried reducing text-size, but if I reduce those the desktop items become too small. The recommended setting is 125% which I must use for…
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Is there a way to enable font smoothing only for specific apps in Windows?

I like non-smoothed fonts on my desktop's monitor, but some apps just don't look okay because they use built-in fonts which are not suitable for aliased rendering. So when I need to do some reading, I have to re-enable font smoothing system-wide by…
user1306322
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No ClearType in Internet Explorer 11?

Problem Internet Explorer 11 (on Windows 8.1) seems to ignore system font smoothing preferences. Even though ClearType is enabled on the system, IE11 keeps smoothing using gradients. Question Is there any way to enable ClearType smoothing in IE11?
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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-quality digital font or vector format, so it…
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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 machines have no registry folder at all called…
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Windows 10 update made most of my programs big and blurry

I recently upgraded to windows 10 from windows 8.1 pro. As a result, many of my programs are scaled big and blurry. Even the default windows one like device manager. See how it is kind of fuzzy and big? To fix this I have to right click on a…
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Why do some graphics programs use ClearType to render text in exported images?

Some graphics programs (for example, LibreOffice Draw running on Windows) use ClearType to render text in exported raster images. This is usually not the case with more "serious" graphics software such as Photoshop or the Gnu Image Manipulation…
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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 same as on main ChromeOS system?
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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 computer displays cannot draw diagonal or curved lines…
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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 Fingerprinting. changing these settings below in…
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How to override font smoothing used in Google Sheets grid to make fonts sharp (as everywhere else on a page) in Firefox?

How to override font smoothing used in Google Sheets grid to make fonts sharp (as everywhere else on a page) in Firefox? As you can see from the screenshot below, most of the elements use sharp font (standard Windows smoothing, not Clear Type). Even…
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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/nicer? This pdf is already searchable. I give…
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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 10 1909; Word 2010, Windows 10 1803; Word…
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Smooth edges option not working on Windows Server 2008 Standard SP2 while in remote session

Text displayed on the sceen is very hard to read because of the hard edges, but looking under Appearance Settings -> Effects the option to Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts is disabled (grayed). I adjusted the connection…
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