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. Anonymous
    2014-09-04T22:30:51+00:00

    Office 2013 does not support clear-type.  Microsoft has toggled the clear-type switch to OFF without even telling the developers of Office and outlookpuntcom.  a fine and applaudable technology is abandoned.  Notice the default font is set to Calibri in these latest programs online and rich client installed and even in outlookpuntcom email composer.  The best We can do now is change default to non_clear-type usage (maybe stick with true-type for Visio) and steer windows system settings away from clear-type rendering that we have appreciated while it lasted. 

    clear-type rendering just takes too long in determining the background color [esp. in 3d plus/ or animated application.]  Rohn; the Windows Next yes is interactive live tiles, a buncha phone windows.  You will love it. 

    Let's create documents! 

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-08-25T09:30:40+00:00

    Have the same problem. I tried every(!) possible fix mentioned here. None of them worked.

    I am running Office 2013 on 2 completely different machines, with different hardware (both graphics card and monitor) and different OS:

    Machine 1: Win 7, Office 2013

    Machine 2: Win 8.1, Office 2013

    In every(!) other application the fonts look fine. In every Office 2013 application the fonts look blurry. 

    I can't believe that MS didn't provide a working fix so far :(

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-06-13T05:57:31+00:00

    No solutions on this thread, but I would confirm a couple of things.

    1. I am running Windows 8.1 and have BOTH Office 2010 and 2013 running. The difference is VERY noticeable.
    2. an easy way to compare this, other than screen captures, is to use the magnifier built within Windows.

    2.1 Open both versions of word.

    2.2 Have same doc at 100%

    2.3 Use the magnifier, which takes the screen and blows it up. (not re-rendering it).

    2.4 The difference is then VERY, VERY apparent. The fonts are rendered completely differently. Blown up they one looks like a bad pixelated low res bitmap. The other looks better (2010).

    None of the solutions mentioned here (some mentioned multiple times) work.

    I am a former Microsoftie and I am appalled.

    This combined with the way that the new markup/track changes works makes this unusable.

    Sigh.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-06-01T20:15:47+00:00

    Thanks for the link. It confirms that MS is pandering to the phone crowd. They have DUMBED down my Office running on a 27 inch monitor so it can be used on a carpy little 7 inch screen.  Thanks for nothing!

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