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:

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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Anonymous

2015-01-28T14:50:43+00:00

Hi,

I can certainly understand your concern and would like to know the model number of the ACER computer. I would also like to inform you that this is an issue with the display card driver.

However, you can also try suggestions provided by****Praseetha K Nair replied on January 29, 2014. The Microsoft Link is mentioned below:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8\_1-windows\_install/windows-81-and-blurry-text/c45266e5-4fa9-46ab-bbb4-43725b25c629

Please let us know if it worked.

It is *NOT* a problem of the display card driver.

It is only a problem that we cannot disable font smoothing in IE!

Windows Explorer, Notepad, texts in window decorations and menus is crisp and sharp when font smoothing is turned off but IE has no such option.

It is so annoying that Microsoft refuses to change this behaviour and tries to blame display drivers!
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Anonymous

2015-01-28T16:11:12+00:00

What will it take for you to *listen*. The problem happens with 100% of video cards, 100% of video drivers, etc. A certain percentage of people are affected. The only fix is to honor the system setting for font rendering. Use ClearType if the system is set that way. Use anti-aliasing if the system is set that way. Use bi-level rendering if the system is set that way.
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Anonymous

2015-01-28T17:26:53+00:00

Joshua, you say, "A certain percentage of people are affected." Is this percentage not 100%? All Windows 8 computers I have seen render fonts nicely in "desktop" applications (presumably with ClearType), but the fonts of the "metro" applications look terrible. As far as I can tell, Internet Explorer's HTML renderer uses the same font rendering system as "metro" applications, so it looks bad too. I think all users are affected by this, but only some users (e.g., those in this thread) can notice and appreciate the smooth look of ClearType fonts versus the uneven look of "metro" applications fonts. Please tell me if I am wrong here. Thanks.
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Anonymous

2015-01-28T17:39:42+00:00

> Is this percentage not 100%?

It is not. Some differences in vision processing in the mind is a likely controlling variable.

In particular, you read best with ClearType on, but I see obnoxious color fringes and must turn it off. I must also turn off all anti-aliasing and insist on bi-level rendering to avoid straining my eyes trying to focus what is blurry by nature.
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Anonymous

2015-01-28T18:09:06+00:00

I think there's a misunderstanding here. You said, "A certain percentage of people are affected. The only fix is to honor the system setting for font rendering." I don't believe "metro" applications ever honor the system setting, do they? So all users are affected by "metro" applications disobeying the setting. I realize not everyone loves ClearType. But if I ask for it, I want "metro" to obey it, and I don't think it ever does.
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