Poor font rendering in Windows 8 (blurry text)

Anonymous
2013-02-24T00:17:00+00:00

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:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-performance/windows-8-blurryfuzzy-text-and-icons-on-menu-not/ef8945ff-9920-47b2-b4ec-db1c5fbab7de

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie10-windows_8/windows-8-fonts-in-metro-ui-and-ie-10-blurry/3c29c415-54fd-44c8-b290-1c01dd05beaf

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie10-windows_8/font-are-blurry-in-internet-explorer-10-windows-8/95fba606-5f45-43fa-bd96-413f6d9d9ad6

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie10-windows_8/after-upgrading-to-windows-8-pro-my-fonts-in/210e46c9-4d16-4de7-8b59-2a1b0a7c738a

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie10-windows_8/internet-explorer-10-windows-8-font-rendering-blur/f3b33400-bb95-450c-9587-68adbf298a2f

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_cp-winapps/blurry-text-windows-8/576183c0-e5e2-4916-8283-0a193d633018

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-hardware/blurry-text-problem/d07ac513-de07-49d9-8718-7fbb6d07b634

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie10-windows_8/windows-8-browsers-font-rendering-issue-blocky/86139808-9c3f-48d9-bfa8-61afebd5761c

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie10_cp-windows_cp/windows-8-preview-release-blurry-font-rendering/668f454e-012f-498f-a086-b550a96d47e1

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-performance/horrible-windows-8-font-rendering/cc263629-f4c8-4653-af36-435f4e6b7d38

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_other-desktop/will-windows-8-have-better-fonts-or-at-least/ad35ce7b-45a9-44b4-83d9-aae34df8dd97

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-performance/fonts-are-suddenly-ugly-why/ba024dcc-c143-4ede-8f04-27930527c5be

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie10_cp-windows_cp/installation-of-windows-8-cp-causes-blurred-fonts/75352b20-cb08-4312-b7f3-6c38bb5f5f0a

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-desktop/monitor-fonts-windows-8-fuzzy-and-no-longer-crisp/052e7a57-79a7-49c5-93dc-bffb01969cbd

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie9-windows_vista/some-fonts-are-fuzzy-and-thicker-in-ie9-in/47f1846f-7817-464b-8121-d1ca02dbb71d

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-performance/blurry-text-in-windows-8/ed053d17-b525-4e09-bdbc-de91114d975c

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-performance/windows-8-has-made-my-text-blurry/7e9977e0-335f-4e8b-b321-eb2d156f36c1

Microsoft MSDN/TECHNET

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winappsuidesign/thread/4ddc57e1-de74-4044-940e-76e35a3e76b9

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-ZA/w8itprogeneral/thread/034ef255-40d5-41d5-9c58-841868326832

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/br/w8itprogeneral/thread/831ee84b-95a1-437a-b051-b7d51e13ba0f

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w8itprogeneral/thread/d9c1ce96-58aa-401f-a5f4-1c62660077ca

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/W8ITProPreRel/thread/409d4e85-1124-4e1c-9cc0-3b2acfd519dd

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

http://superuser.com/questions/506192/disable-cleartype-blurry-fonts-in-internet-explorer-10-on-windows-7

http://bugsort.com/computer-users/computer-unclear-type-in-internet-explorer-on-windows-8/?PHPSESSID=10368ff87086c902a678043f63e39762

and there are lots of more...

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-11-02T09:54:00+00:00

    Hello,

    I've had this same issue before. So I applied the fix in here: http://www.askvg.com/fix-bold-blurry-or-hard-to-read-font-problem-in-windows-8-1/ and now it doesn't reproduce anymore! :D

    Basically, you need to check the "Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays" checkbox in "Screen resolution" context menu, "Make text and other items larger or smaller"

    LE: Hmm, it seems on facebook it still reproduces :(

    Cheers.

    I think this a brand new blur problem (!) MS managed to introduce with 8.1. It seems different than the grey-scale anti-aliasing on 8, IE and Office 2013. In any case, this new DPI problem finally made me uninstall 8 on all my PC's and go back to the brilliant Windows 7.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-11-02T17:29:51+00:00

    and go back to the brilliant Windows 7.

    Windows 7 is not brilliant when using IE10. Ok, with a special theme made by a theme patcher and using XP font settings, windows itself is clear and all the text is very fine. But IE10 and the reading area in my Outlook is still blurry.

    It's not only a Windows 8 problem, the IE10 makes the difference. IE9 has made it better.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-11-03T09:09:55+00:00

    If you read this thread properly, you will see that we have tried your so-called fix before.

    IT DOES NOT WORK!!

    How many times do we have to repeat this?

    Or are you just a Microsoft shill trying to deflect the issue?

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-11-03T14:52:58+00:00

    If you read this thread properly, you will see that we have tried your so-called fix before.

    IT DOES NOT WORK!!

    How many times do we have to repeat this?

    Or are you just a Microsoft shill trying to deflect the issue?

    This thread is so long, so excuse me for repeating existing information. For you it doesn't work, but for some it does.

    Anyway, I've reinstalled the video driver after doing the "so-called fix" and it seems that at least for now the problem is gone.

    PS: I need to mention that I have UPGRADED from Windows 8, rather than doing a clean install, so that might be a factor for the problem/fix.

    PPS: I am not a Microsoft shill, whatever that be :)

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-11-11T12:31:28+00:00

    Dear Microsoft

    It is not Rocket Science.

    In Windows 8.1 on my PC (and 35 pages of others, and lots more threads) IE11 is fuzzy, Opera and Chrome (for example) are not.

    Here is a practical example:

    For goodness' sake, it is not difficult for you to fix.

    You are just obstinate and plainly do not give a flying flea for your established userbase.

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