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Wd2007 Cleartype Bugs?
So I've been using Word 2007 for a couple of days and I've noticed that
Cleartype doesn't seem to be applied to some fonts at certain zoom settings. They look downright horrendous (jagged). I don't remember this ever being a problem with Word 2003 and using WinXP's regular Cleartype. Am I the only one... or did I just never notice this in Word 2003 (or 2002)? Check out this document: http://www.cflashsoft.com/temp/wdcleartype.doc Try viewing at zooms like 134% (or experiment) to see what I mean. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com |
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Wd2007 Cleartype Bugs?
I'd assume that's a problem with the font? Meaning the font doesn't
support ClearType? Office 2007 must be using a built-in cleartype mechanism (not the OSes) to render fonts with ClearType. Word 2003 doesn't have anything like that, so there it is just the OS doing it. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "C. Moya" wrote in message : So I've been using Word 2007 for a couple of days and I've noticed that Cleartype doesn't seem to be applied to some fonts at certain zoom settings. They look downright horrendous (jagged). I don't remember this ever being a problem with Word 2003 and using WinXP's regular Cleartype. Am I the only one... or did I just never notice this in Word 2003 (or 2002)? Check out this document: http://www.cflashsoft.com/temp/wdcleartype.doc Try viewing at zooms like 134% (or experiment) to see what I mean. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com |
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Wd2007 Cleartype Bugs?
It seemed the OS was doing just fine too.
Unfortunately, if you turn off Office 2007's Cleartype option, it seems no cleartype- not even the OS's- is applied. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message ... I'd assume that's a problem with the font? Meaning the font doesn't support ClearType? Office 2007 must be using a built-in cleartype mechanism (not the OSes) to render fonts with ClearType. Word 2003 doesn't have anything like that, so there it is just the OS doing it. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "C. Moya" wrote in message : So I've been using Word 2007 for a couple of days and I've noticed that Cleartype doesn't seem to be applied to some fonts at certain zoom settings. They look downright horrendous (jagged). I don't remember this ever being a problem with Word 2003 and using WinXP's regular Cleartype. Am I the only one... or did I just never notice this in Word 2003 (or 2002)? Check out this document: http://www.cflashsoft.com/temp/wdcleartype.doc Try viewing at zooms like 134% (or experiment) to see what I mean. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com |
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Wd2007 Cleartype Bugs?
I just tested this using Word 2003 with WinXP ClearType:On and it looks
perfect. Fonts looks FANTASTIC at every and any zoom that I tried. Word 2007... not so much. In fact, they look downright horrible (jagged beyond belief) at certain zooms. Man this is a serious DOWNGRADE! You throw in the over-blinking / disappearing cursor (not the mouse... the cursor!) when I'm typing and this version of Office is most certainly a contender for Uninstallation. First IE7 and now this.... I've never seen this level of bad software come from Microsoft... ever! Still, I love Outlook 2007 (it fixed all my VPN/Disconnected Cached Exchange woes). This is a tough decision. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com "C. Moya" wrote in message ... It seemed the OS was doing just fine too. Unfortunately, if you turn off Office 2007's Cleartype option, it seems no cleartype- not even the OS's- is applied. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message ... I'd assume that's a problem with the font? Meaning the font doesn't support ClearType? Office 2007 must be using a built-in cleartype mechanism (not the OSes) to render fonts with ClearType. Word 2003 doesn't have anything like that, so there it is just the OS doing it. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "C. Moya" wrote in message : So I've been using Word 2007 for a couple of days and I've noticed that Cleartype doesn't seem to be applied to some fonts at certain zoom settings. They look downright horrendous (jagged). I don't remember this ever being a problem with Word 2003 and using WinXP's regular Cleartype. Am I the only one... or did I just never notice this in Word 2003 (or 2002)? Check out this document: http://www.cflashsoft.com/temp/wdcleartype.doc Try viewing at zooms like 134% (or experiment) to see what I mean. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com |
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Wd2007 Cleartype Bugs?
How about you use an Office 2007 font instead? They look great with
ClearType. Also, are you running the latest driver for your graphics card? If not, I'd suggest to get it. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "C. Moya" wrote in message : I just tested this using Word 2003 with WinXP ClearType:On and it looks perfect. Fonts looks FANTASTIC at every and any zoom that I tried. Word 2007... not so much. In fact, they look downright horrible (jagged beyond belief) at certain zooms. Man this is a serious DOWNGRADE! You throw in the over-blinking / disappearing cursor (not the mouse... the cursor!) when I'm typing and this version of Office is most certainly a contender for Uninstallation. First IE7 and now this.... I've never seen this level of bad software come from Microsoft... ever! Still, I love Outlook 2007 (it fixed all my VPN/Disconnected Cached Exchange woes). This is a tough decision. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com "C. Moya" wrote in message ... It seemed the OS was doing just fine too. Unfortunately, if you turn off Office 2007's Cleartype option, it seems no cleartype- not even the OS's- is applied. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message ... I'd assume that's a problem with the font? Meaning the font doesn't support ClearType? Office 2007 must be using a built-in cleartype mechanism (not the OSes) to render fonts with ClearType. Word 2003 doesn't have anything like that, so there it is just the OS doing it. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "C. Moya" wrote in message : So I've been using Word 2007 for a couple of days and I've noticed that Cleartype doesn't seem to be applied to some fonts at certain zoom settings. They look downright horrendous (jagged). I don't remember this ever being a problem with Word 2003 and using WinXP's regular Cleartype. Am I the only one... or did I just never notice this in Word 2003 (or 2002)? Check out this document: http://www.cflashsoft.com/temp/wdcleartype.doc Try viewing at zooms like 134% (or experiment) to see what I mean. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com |
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Wd2007 Cleartype Bugs?
I was just reading up on the new "optimized" set of fonts. I still don't see
why the older fonts (like Garamond) look like utter crap (at certain zooms) in Office 2007 while they look beautiful and perfect in the previous versions of Office. I'm not sure I understand the "improvement" here. WinXP seemed to apply ClearType just fine to these fonts... why won't Office 2007? -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message ... How about you use an Office 2007 font instead? They look great with ClearType. Also, are you running the latest driver for your graphics card? If not, I'd suggest to get it. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "C. Moya" wrote in message : I just tested this using Word 2003 with WinXP ClearType:On and it looks perfect. Fonts looks FANTASTIC at every and any zoom that I tried. Word 2007... not so much. In fact, they look downright horrible (jagged beyond belief) at certain zooms. Man this is a serious DOWNGRADE! You throw in the over-blinking / disappearing cursor (not the mouse... the cursor!) when I'm typing and this version of Office is most certainly a contender for Uninstallation. First IE7 and now this.... I've never seen this level of bad software come from Microsoft... ever! Still, I love Outlook 2007 (it fixed all my VPN/Disconnected Cached Exchange woes). This is a tough decision. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com "C. Moya" wrote in message ... It seemed the OS was doing just fine too. Unfortunately, if you turn off Office 2007's Cleartype option, it seems no cleartype- not even the OS's- is applied. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message ... I'd assume that's a problem with the font? Meaning the font doesn't support ClearType? Office 2007 must be using a built-in cleartype mechanism (not the OSes) to render fonts with ClearType. Word 2003 doesn't have anything like that, so there it is just the OS doing it. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "C. Moya" wrote in message : So I've been using Word 2007 for a couple of days and I've noticed that Cleartype doesn't seem to be applied to some fonts at certain zoom settings. They look downright horrendous (jagged). I don't remember this ever being a problem with Word 2003 and using WinXP's regular Cleartype. Am I the only one... or did I just never notice this in Word 2003 (or 2002)? Check out this document: http://www.cflashsoft.com/temp/wdcleartype.doc Try viewing at zooms like 134% (or experiment) to see what I mean. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com |
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Wd2007 Cleartype Bugs?
*shrugs* I don't know?
Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "C. Moya" wrote in message : I was just reading up on the new "optimized" set of fonts. I still don't see why the older fonts (like Garamond) look like utter crap (at certain zooms) in Office 2007 while they look beautiful and perfect in the previous versions of Office. I'm not sure I understand the "improvement" here. WinXP seemed to apply ClearType just fine to these fonts... why won't Office 2007? -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message ... How about you use an Office 2007 font instead? They look great with ClearType. Also, are you running the latest driver for your graphics card? If not, I'd suggest to get it. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "C. Moya" wrote in message : I just tested this using Word 2003 with WinXP ClearType:On and it looks perfect. Fonts looks FANTASTIC at every and any zoom that I tried. Word 2007... not so much. In fact, they look downright horrible (jagged beyond belief) at certain zooms. Man this is a serious DOWNGRADE! You throw in the over-blinking / disappearing cursor (not the mouse... the cursor!) when I'm typing and this version of Office is most certainly a contender for Uninstallation. First IE7 and now this.... I've never seen this level of bad software come from Microsoft... ever! Still, I love Outlook 2007 (it fixed all my VPN/Disconnected Cached Exchange woes). This is a tough decision. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com "C. Moya" wrote in message ... It seemed the OS was doing just fine too. Unfortunately, if you turn off Office 2007's Cleartype option, it seems no cleartype- not even the OS's- is applied. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message ... I'd assume that's a problem with the font? Meaning the font doesn't support ClearType? Office 2007 must be using a built-in cleartype mechanism (not the OSes) to render fonts with ClearType. Word 2003 doesn't have anything like that, so there it is just the OS doing it. Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80 Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43 *** Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote *** Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed "C. Moya" wrote in message : So I've been using Word 2007 for a couple of days and I've noticed that Cleartype doesn't seem to be applied to some fonts at certain zoom settings. They look downright horrendous (jagged). I don't remember this ever being a problem with Word 2003 and using WinXP's regular Cleartype. Am I the only one... or did I just never notice this in Word 2003 (or 2002)? Check out this document: http://www.cflashsoft.com/temp/wdcleartype.doc Try viewing at zooms like 134% (or experiment) to see what I mean. -- -C. Moya www.cmoya.com |
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