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Thread ID: 29681	2003-01-29 09:09:00	POLL: Who uses "Clear Type" in Windows XP	-=JM=- (16)	Press F1

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117097	2003-01-29 09:09:00	Just wondering how many of you people use Clear Type and what sort of monitor you have. Oh and ofcouse, do you find it better/worse than "standard" or just plain none. For those that don't know where it is. It's under the "Appearance" tab of the "Display Properties", click the "Appearance" tab.	-=JM=- (16)
117098	2003-01-29 09:14:00	Yes. Its designed specifically for LCD flat panel monitors, where it is remarkable in the difference, crisp clear fonts with no pixellation visible. I use it on all LCD screens (4). Its of questionable value on CRTs in my experience	godfather (25)
117099	2003-01-29 09:19:00	19" Viewsonic GS790 on Matrox G400 dualhead 1152x864_32 bit colour, no clear type, find it hard to look at after a while, probably been using the standard type for so long I've got used to it. Two of my kids are using 17" monitors & the both prefer the Clear Type.	Stumped Badly (348)
117100	2003-01-29 09:21:00	i find it annoying, i prefer normal text and on a 100hz monitor it'll beat any lcd IMHO ;) - David	DangerousDave (697)
117101	2003-01-29 09:40:00	It really doesnt work as intended on a CRT. Its sub-pixel rendering specifically for LCD. It tends to smudge on a CRT, as it cannot sub-pixel render effectively. You need a DVI interface to get the best out of it with LCD. The resolution of a good quality LCD (referring to text clarity) goes sub-pixel in effect. For text based work, you will be pushed to better an LCD. There is a large difference between low end and top end LCD quality though. Cheap are horrible, and worse than a CRT.	godfather (25)
117102	2003-01-29 11:56:00	I used to use it on my NT 5.1 box (1024*768 on Philips 107T @ 85HZ using a NVIDIA Geforce4 MX 440)... But then I downgraded to NT 5 (to improve system stability) which doesn’t ship with clear type. Cheers Liam	nz_liam (845)
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