how to make text appear darker on the screen?

Anonymous
2013-05-15T05:00:08+00:00

The text on the screen looks grey.  Would like the words to look darker & show up more distinctly against the white background.

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Anonymous
2013-05-15T19:20:52+00:00

Hi,

From your issue description I understand that you want to  personalize the display settings so that text should appear darker on the screen.

What is the make and model of your monitor and computer?

We cannot change the Desktop font color. They are dynamic and will show white on dark backgrounds and change to white with a black shadow effect on a light background.

I would suggest you to refer to the below suggestions and check it it helps.

Method 1:

a. Press Windows key +W(It will popup Windows 8 setting charm), **** type Calibrate display color, click in the search box and hit Enter.

b.      In Display Color Calibration, click Next to continue.

c.       Follow the onscreen instructions and check if it improves the display of your monitor.

Method 2: I would suggest you to refer to the Monitor's user manual and adjust brightness, contrast to different values. 

Also refer to this link:

Get the best display on your monitor

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/get-best-display-monitor

Hope the above information is useful.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-08-19T22:29:05+00:00

    I have not tried this yet.  This is a new HP computer that I have only had for about 3 weeks.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-08-19T18:40:07+00:00

    make al ltexton this computer

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-08-18T04:01:21+00:00

    I'm thinking that your Display Adaptor may not have an adjustable Gamma setting. Also, all installations of Win 10 are not identical. For example Win 10 installations over Win 7 look and act differently in some cases than a clean Win 10 install. Anyway, find out your Display Adapter type by looking in Device Manager. Once you've got that, plug it into Google Search and add the word Gamma after it. This would be mine: "Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 Gamma". That will give you info on your adapter as relates to Gamma. See where that leads you. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-08-16T23:32:25+00:00

    The text on the screen looks grey.  Would like the words to look darker & show up more distinctly against the white background.

    YES!!!!

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