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Poor font rendering in Windows 8 (blurry text)
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Apparently there is a huge problem with **** font rendering in Windows 8. Text appears very blurry. Programs affected by the new rendering are: Internet Explorer 10, the modern interface (start screen), Office 2013 and other 3rd party applications that rely on this rendering technology. There is no way to fix this problem, unless Microsoft recognizes it.
I 've gathered links bellow that refer to the same problem to highlight its importance and display the number of users that are affected:
Microsoft MSDN/TECHNET
External forums:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1120890-internet-explorer-10-fonts-fuzzy-in-windows-8/
http://www.eightforums.com/browsers-mail/5432-blurry-text-ie10-desktop.html
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f56/blurry-website-fonts-in-ie10-675564.html
http://www.techplex.net/postst78315_Text-in-Internet-Explorer-10-and-Metro-UI-is-blurry.aspx
and there are lots of more...
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2013-07-08T05:16:03+00:00 Ah, that's what it was. Thanks!
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Anonymous
2013-07-08T07:21:10+00:00 Just a reminder this does not affect Microsoft applications only. Using Pale Moon x64 (Firefox-based browser) with an AMD 5670 card on Win 8 x64. When "use hardware acceleration when available" is enabled in the browser, it's unusable in most sites, and the text is a mess. The first image is obviously the "hardware-accelerated" disaster. 1680x1050 monitor, 125% DPI (problem remains on 100%).
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Anonymous
2013-07-08T09:01:50+00:00 That figures.
I have to turn off Hardware Acceleration to get clear fonts in Firefox itself on Windows 8.1.
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Anonymous
2013-07-08T12:31:09+00:00 Hi George,
I looked at your screenshots, using magnifier, at 600% zoom level.
For your Pale Moon problem, ClearType color antialiasing has been applied to both renderings of the fonts. The problem is that the ClearType settings are different. It's possible that one uses RGB cleartype subpixel antialiasing, while another uses BGR subpixel antialiasing. If you've already gone through the ClearType Text Tuner in Windows, and restarted the browser, and still have the problem... then I suggest it is a graphics driver problem in not honoring your tuner settings. It could also be a browser problem. Consider taking your screenshots to the forums of your graphics driver manufacturer, and also the Pale Moon creators.
The issue we've been discussing, regarding Windows 8 Modern Apps, modern versions of IE, and Office 2013, is a different issue altogether. The issue here is that Microsoft has decided to hard-code into the applications to not use any color sub-pixel antialiasing at all. Instead they use only greyscale sub-pixel antialiasing. This makes the font rendering harder to read on most modern computer monitors, which are fully capable of color anti-aliasing, and whose users were "used to" color anti-aliasing and have now been forced away from it.
Hopefully you understand the difference between these 2 separate issues.
Regards,
Jacob
Just a reminder this does not affect Microsoft applications only. Using Pale Moon x64 (Firefox-based browser) with an AMD 5670 card on Win 8 x64. When "use hardware acceleration when available" is enabled in the browser, it's unusable in most sites, and the text is a mess. The first image is obviously the "hardware-accelerated" disaster. 1680x1050 monitor, 125% DPI (problem remains on 100%).
