Have just opgraded to Internet Explorer 7.

It had the unfortunate result that fonts in the body of web-pages -- and in
my Out-look messages -- look blurred and gray-ish. Also the text I am typing
just now in the message-box seems out of focus -- makes my eyes very tired.

How can this be solved - removing the upgrade...?

I aggree. Much of the text is blurred.

"xliskl" wrote:

> Have just opgraded to Internet Explorer 7.
>
> It had the unfortunate result that fonts in the body of web-pages -- and in
> my Out-look messages -- look blurred and gray-ish. Also the text I am typing
> just now in the message-box seems out of focus -- makes my eyes very tired.
>
> How can this be solved - removing the upgrade...?
>

xliskl wrote:
> Have just opgraded to Internet Explorer 7.
>
> It had the unfortunate result that fonts in the body of web-pages -- and in
> my Out-look messages -- look blurred and gray-ish. Also the text I am typing
> just now in the message-box seems out of focus -- makes my eyes very tired.
>
> How can this be solved - removing the upgrade...?

IE7 automatically enables ClearType, stupidly assuming you have an LCD
monitor. If you do not have such a monitor, disable ClearType; if you
do have such a monitor, tune ClearType to produce better results for
your specific monitor.

IE7 Help > Why do fonts look blurry in Internet Explorer?
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xliskl wrote:
> Have just opgraded to Internet Explorer 7.
>
> It had the unfortunate result that fonts in the body of web-pages -- and
> in
> my Out-look messages -- look blurred and gray-ish. Also the text I am
> typing
> just now in the message-box seems out of focus -- makes my eyes very
> tired.
>
> How can this be solved - removing the upgrade...?

do have an LCD monitor - so how/where do I tune my cleartype?

"C A Upsdell" <""cupsdell"@nospam@upsdel" wrote:

> xliskl wrote:
> > Have just opgraded to Internet Explorer 7.
> >
> > It had the unfortunate result that fonts in the body of web-pages -- and in
> > my Out-look messages -- look blurred and gray-ish. Also the text I am typing
> > just now in the message-box seems out of focus -- makes my eyes very tired.
> >
> > How can this be solved - removing the upgrade...?
>
> IE7 automatically enables ClearType, stupidly assuming you have an LCD
> monitor. If you do not have such a monitor, disable ClearType; if you
> do have such a monitor, tune ClearType to produce better results for
> your specific monitor.
>
>

ClearType font smoothing is enabled by default in IE 7, since by now a
great many users have LCD monitors and most of those appreciate
ClearType. Still, no law says you have to use it:

Tools > Internet Options > Advanced tab > remove the check mark from
"Always use ClearType for HTML".

If you have an LCD monitor, before you disable ClearType you might want
try out Microsoft's ClearType tuner:

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeInfo.mspx
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

xliskl wrote:
> Have just opgraded to Internet Explorer 7.
>
> It had the unfortunate result that fonts in the body of web-pages -- and in
> my Out-look messages -- look blurred and gray-ish. Also the text I am typing
> just now in the message-box seems out of focus -- makes my eyes very tired.
>
> How can this be solved - removing the upgrade...?
>

xliskl wrote:
> do have an LCD monitor - so how/where do I tune my cleartype?

Control Panel, ClearType Tuning

RTFM, please.

xliskl wrote:
> do have an LCD monitor - so how/where do I tune my cleartype?
>
> "C A Upsdell" <""cupsdell"@nospam@upsdel" wrote:
>
>> xliskl wrote:
>>> Have just opgraded to Internet Explorer 7.
>>>
>>> It had the unfortunate result that fonts in the body of web-pages -- and
>>> in my Out-look messages -- look blurred and gray-ish. Also the text I am
>>> typing just now in the message-box seems out of focus -- makes my eyes
>>> very tired.
>>>
>>> How can this be solved - removing the upgrade...?
>>
>> IE7 automatically enables ClearType, stupidly assuming you have an LCD
>> monitor. If you do not have such a monitor, disable ClearType; if you
>> do have such a monitor, tune ClearType to produce better results for
>> your specific monitor.

I read very well, usually. But too fast at times and went straight for the
tuning device. Only at my second read I realised you had already given me the
answer.
Errare humanum est -- as I know you would agree :-)

thanks, Jorgen



"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> Not too good at reading?
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> xliskl wrote:
> > how do I disable this menace?
> >
> > "Leonard Grey" wrote:
> >
> >> ClearType font smoothing is enabled by default in IE 7, since by now a
> >> great many users have LCD monitors and most of those appreciate
> >> ClearType. Still, no law says you have to use it:
> >>
> >> Tools > Internet Options > Advanced tab > remove the check mark from
> >> "Always use ClearType for HTML".
> >>
> >> If you have an LCD monitor, before you disable ClearType you might want
> >> try out Microsoft's ClearType tuner:
> >>
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeInfo.mspx
> >> ---
> >> Leonard Grey
> >> Errare humanum est
> >>
> >> xliskl wrote:
> >>> Have just opgraded to Internet Explorer 7.
> >>>
> >>> It had the unfortunate result that fonts in the body of web-pages -- and in
> >>> my Out-look messages -- look blurred and gray-ish. Also the text I am typing
> >>> just now in the message-box seems out of focus -- makes my eyes very tired.
> >>>
> >>> How can this be solved - removing the upgrade...?
> >>>
>

I use that signature to remind myself about all the errors I've made.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

xliskl wrote:
> I read very well, usually. But too fast at times and went straight for the
> tuning device. Only at my second read I realised you had already given me the
> answer.
> Errare humanum est -- as I know you would agree :-)
>
> thanks, Jorgen
>
>
>
> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
>
>> Not too good at reading?
>>
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> xliskl wrote:
>>> how do I disable this menace?
>>>
>>> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
>>>
>>>> ClearType font smoothing is enabled by default in IE 7, since by now a
>>>> great many users have LCD monitors and most of those appreciate
>>>> ClearType. Still, no law says you have to use it:
>>>>
>>>> Tools > Internet Options > Advanced tab > remove the check mark from
>>>> "Always use ClearType for HTML".
>>>>
>>>> If you have an LCD monitor, before you disable ClearType you might want
>>>> try out Microsoft's ClearType tuner:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeInfo.mspx
>>>> ---
>>>> Leonard Grey
>>>> Errare humanum est
>>>>
>>>> xliskl wrote:
>>>>> Have just opgraded to Internet Explorer 7.
>>>>>
>>>>> It had the unfortunate result that fonts in the body of web-pages -- and in
>>>>> my Out-look messages -- look blurred and gray-ish. Also the text I am typing
>>>>> just now in the message-box seems out of focus -- makes my eyes very tired.
>>>>>
>>>>> How can this be solved - removing the upgrade...?
>>>>>