why the fonts in word 2013 are blurry?

Anonymous
2013-01-31T05:32:47+00:00

rendering the fonts in word 2013 is horrible! 

Will Microsoft change it?

This is a similar problem like with Internet Explorer 9 & 10.

What is going on?

IE8 works good, Office 2010 also...

Then?

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Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2013-02-07T22:33:51+00:00

Check under File>Options>Advanced>Display and check the box for "Use subpixel positioning to smooth fonts on screen" and also try changing the setting for "Disable hardware graphics acceleration"

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-03-30T12:19:04+00:00

    If you have Word 2013, like the original poster, or Word 2010, FILE is the leftmost tab on the Ribbon. If you have Word 2007, the equivalent is the Office button. This problem seems to have been reported only on Word 2013, however.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-30T10:13:01+00:00

    HELLO... you indicated 'FILE" as the starting option, please where may i find it ??/

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-03-10T21:48:28+00:00

    For my acer m5583p, with IGP intel 4400 - disabling the subpixel fixed the issue. 

    I also disabled the graphics acceleration for S & G and haven't had an issue since.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-02-19T11:59:22+00:00

    We are talking about monocrome vs color clear-type, no graphic cards or other stuff. Excel 2013 have color clear-type, Word 2013 have monocrome. While 2003 version of Wor have color clear-type too. Taht version I use now, so I can tell. Percieved sharpness is better with color clear-type on my DELL IPS 23'' and other LCD screens. Difference it is less visible on high dpi screens like smartphones.

    Microsoft did that on purpose, as they did many things. They race market share and omit solutions that touch rather narrow group of users, just to release software at time. Than they fix and tweak things further if they **** users too much. Windows Vista and 8 is clear evidence of that - both released because of greater importance of releasing than being finished to the max..

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