This article will be useful only for the owners of laptops (notebooks), and users of LCD monitors.

Because of the physical principles display points on the LCD screen, normal fonts are too precise dimensions, that affects several readability of text from the screen. More specifically, the text reads well, but their eyes too quickly utomlyayutsya. Incidentally, this explains complaints of fatigue when working with texts on LCD.

To overcome this effect, the new Windows XP operating system, the company has applied the new technology Microsoft screen font smoothing ClearType. The first time you use this technology, there is a feeling some fuzziness. But this is misleading feeling. In fact, ClearType makes the characters more smooth and natural, that is, more familiar to the human eye. For smoothing fonts, ClearType uses signal processing and properties of LCD.

What would need to use ClearType, which would your graphics card has supported more than 256 colors (better to install 24-bit or 32-bit mode). Enhanced technology available from the menu screen properties -> "Design" -> "Effects".

We will not dwell on how technology ClearType improves the quality of screen fonts. Instead, we will show you the enlarged 16 times a test text.

We think that this pattern perfectly illustrates the principle of work ClearType. However, despite all the ease of use ClearType, there is one small drawback. Integrated revitalization ClearType does not allow the user to adjust the quality of smoothing. Why do we need it? The point is that not all people have the same vision, and the quality of LCD monitors also differs. For some users set default parameters Smooth enough, others not. To address this shortcoming, the distinguished Mike Dixon, wrote a simple ClearTweak utility, which can be downloaded from the official site. It allows you to change the quality or contrast of the screen anti-aliasing fonts. Works program is easy, with a user-friendly interface does not require knowledge of English. Upon completion of the installation procedure, and you will see the launch ClearTweak about the next program interface (see screen shots below). As you can see, the program interface consists of two main areas. Above the windows are radio buttons mode selection screen anti-aliasing fonts. Here you can opt smoothing choose standard mode or smoothing treatment using ClearType technology. Using the last item menu, which is activated smoothing ClearType. Below this item is a window showing an example of how the fonts will be displayed at selected plants. At screenshots we give examples of the work program in different modes. Without the application of smoothing:

Application of the standard smoothing:

Smoothing using ClearType technology with the default parameters Windows XP:
Smoothing using ClearType technology with a reduced contrast (1000):
More want to add that the author ClearType program, Mike Dixon, uses his laptop on it is the last option, and advises you.