Absolutely. The problem is that the red and green subpixels show up very
clearly on the black background, so when you have a relatively small
character (i.e., a 12pt at 100% zoom) the subpixels are a sizeable proportion
of the entire character, and become extremely noticable. So much so that it
is virtually unreadable (it reminds me of text on an RGB monitor on an Apple
II+!)
One of my two identical LCDs is in portrait mode, which is even more of a
problem for ClearType, since the pixel geometries aren't anything like what
it expects. While the effect is bad on the "normal" monitor, it is that much
worse on the portrait monitor. 12pt TNR @ 100% is somewhat legible when
highlighted on the landscape-mode LCD, it is virtually illegible on the
portrait-mode one.
Turning off ClearType eliminates the problem. The "Standard" method of
smoothing is better, but still not great.
I haven't tried different fonts, but this is a huge problem in Times New
Roman, which is what I work in 99% of the time (I'm an attorney).
I'm very torn. I recently started using ClearType, and really like it for
web browsing etc. It is just terrible in Word, since Word uses the
Black-on-White highlighting. (Even Notepad doesn't do that!).
In addition to Word behaving as a good application should, ClearType should
also be adjustable by-application and by-monitor, although I realize that
would increase the overhead.
"Jezebel" wrote:
Are you sure ClearType is the problem? I have it running on several
machines, without any problems at all.
"automandc" wrote in message
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Here's my problem: I recently started trying ClearType, and I generally
like
it, except for one major problem: selected text in MS Word. When typing
in
page layout view (or any view AFAICT), the standard is a white page (duh)
with black text. Selected text then appears as completely inverted --
white
on black. With ClearType on, this is virtually unreadable, especially on
a
monitor in portrait mode.
I thought that "correct" selection behavior is to highlight in the
"Selected
Items" color set in Windows. E.g., selecting text in a white explorer
window
does not simply invert it. Why does Word not use the "Selected Items"
color
scheme, and can this be fixed?
I *want* my text to be black on a white page -- just like it will be when
it
is printed. So changing the text color/background color is not an
adequate
solution.
As a disclaimer, I have read this message which is about the only thing I
can find on the web that even remotely addresses this -- but it seems to
suggest that Word should behave like every other application.
-------------------From 12/05---------------
Hi Heidi,
In Windows, the selection background color is the complement of the normal
background of the selected text. For example, if you go to Format
Borders
& Shading Shading and set the background color for a paragraph to
yellow,
then any text you select in that paragraph will show a blue background. If
the background shading of the paragraph is green, then selected text in
that
paragraph will show a magenta background.
The selected text itself is shown in the complement of the text's
foreground
color. That is, if the text of the paragraph is magenta, then the selected
text will be green, independent of whatever the background color is.
Of course, both background shading and foreground text color can be set
character by character, not just by paragraph or document.
You can get some really awful combinations this way. :-b
--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org