Smoothing text on LCDs?

Post by **Fender** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:39 pm

Transient wrote:Why would the type of monitor you use have any bearing on ClearType?

Because the ClearType algorithm actually addresses the sub-pixels. The grc.com guy did the original algorithm and sold it to Microsoft. As I remember how he described it, he was able to turn on/off individual red/green/blue sub-pixels to get even better AA on LCD panels.

Post by **Grudge** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:40 pm

you bring in nothing, loser

CRT better, rofl moron alert...?

Post by **plained** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:43 pm

well not all crt are created equell.

without doubt the same can be said for lcd.

i prefer lcd now what can i say

Post by **Freakaloin** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:45 pm

the best crt's r better then the best lcd's...u know...i know it....lets not play games...

Post by **plained** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:48 pm

yea maybe but they so big and hot.

plus after a couple years on they get kinda soft and burn in

Post by **plained** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:50 pm

plus check out the x-brite screens

they look real good in the blacks even:shrug:

Post by **Freakaloin** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:56 pm

omg...they r big and hot...what will i do? moron...

Post by **plained** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:59 pm

i guess sometimes yea hehe

Post by **plained** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:01 pm

Freakaloin wrote:omg...they r big and hot...what will i do? moron...

hey i never say" what will i do "

funny tho

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:04 pm

dzjepp wrote:Actually it does sometimes affect game text. I was playing motorcross madness 2 and with cleartype enabled the text was smudged out. Disabling it returned it back to normal.

btw, you're prolly talkin about this app, it adds a few extras in addition to the cleartype functionality built-into xp.

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/Cle ... erToy.mspx

that only happens when the game uses windows/ttf fonts. i.e. it wont affect quake3, but it will affect civilization