Out of focus, Not sharp, blury, characters have a shadow

[Guest Pumpkin]

My CRT went bad and my monitor was replaced with a LCD monitor. I complained

about the poor sharpness of the fonts in windows XP and office products. It

is like there is a shadow on all the characters. I changed the LCD monitor

again. Same problem. The fonts ibeing used are True Type Fonts. any

suggestions? There was no problem with my CRT monitor except it went pinkish.

[Guest Bruce Chambers]

Re: Out of focus, Not sharp, blury, characters have a shadow

 

Pumpkin wrote:

> My CRT went bad and my monitor was replaced with a LCD monitor. I complained

> about the poor sharpness of the fonts in windows XP and office products. It

> is like there is a shadow on all the characters. I changed the LCD monitor

> again. Same problem. The fonts ibeing used are True Type Fonts. any

> suggestions? There was no problem with my CRT monitor except it went pinkish.

 

 

Have you configured your display settings to use the LCD's native

resolution, as specified by its manufacturer? Most LCDs have only one

resolution at which they provide optimum viewing.

 

 

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[Guest Pumpkin]

Re: Out of focus, Not sharp, blury, characters have a shadow

 

How do i confirm what it is now and what it should be?

 

 

 

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

> Pumpkin wrote:

> > My CRT went bad and my monitor was replaced with a LCD monitor. I complained

> > about the poor sharpness of the fonts in windows XP and office products. It

> > is like there is a shadow on all the characters. I changed the LCD monitor

> > again. Same problem. The fonts ibeing used are True Type Fonts. any

> > suggestions? There was no problem with my CRT monitor except it went pinkish.

>

>

> Have you configured your display settings to use the LCD's native

> resolution, as specified by its manufacturer? Most LCDs have only one

> resolution at which they provide optimum viewing.

>

>

> --

>

> Bruce Chambers

>

> Help us help you:

> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

>

> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary

> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

>

> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

>

> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has

> killed a great many philosophers.

> ~ Denis Diderot

>

[Guest JS]

Re: Out of focus, Not sharp, blury, characters have a shadow

 

Use "Clear Type' fonts, they work best with LCD monitors

 

HOW TO: Use ClearType to Enhance Screen Fonts in Windows XP:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306527

 

JS

 

"Pumpkin" <Pumpkin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3AD6094E-092C-4AB6-9490-53211E8F40BB@microsoft.com...

> My CRT went bad and my monitor was replaced with a LCD monitor. I

> complained

> about the poor sharpness of the fonts in windows XP and office products.

> It

> is like there is a shadow on all the characters. I changed the LCD monitor

> again. Same problem. The fonts ibeing used are True Type Fonts. any

> suggestions? There was no problem with my CRT monitor except it went

> pinkish.

[Guest JS]

Re: Out of focus, Not sharp, blury, characters have a shadow

 

Also: ClearType Tuner PowerToy

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypePowerToy.mspx

 

JS

 

"Pumpkin" <Pumpkin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:3AD6094E-092C-4AB6-9490-53211E8F40BB@microsoft.com...

> My CRT went bad and my monitor was replaced with a LCD monitor. I

> complained

> about the poor sharpness of the fonts in windows XP and office products.

> It

> is like there is a shadow on all the characters. I changed the LCD monitor

> again. Same problem. The fonts ibeing used are True Type Fonts. any

> suggestions? There was no problem with my CRT monitor except it went

> pinkish.

[Guest Bruce Chambers]

Re: Out of focus, Not sharp, blury, characters have a shadow

 

Pumpkin wrote:

> How do i confirm what it is now and what it should be?

>

 

 

The easiest way would be to consult the manual that came with it.

Second easiest way would be via the manufacturer's support web site.

 

 

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Bruce Chambers

 

Help us help you:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

 

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary

safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

 

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

 

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has

killed a great many philosophers.

~ Denis Diderot

[Guest Plato]

Re: Out of focus, Not sharp, blury, characters have a shadow

 

=?Utf-8?B?UHVtcGtpbg==?= wrote:

>

> My CRT went bad and my monitor was replaced with a LCD monitor. I complained

> about the poor sharpness of the fonts in windows XP and office products. It

> is like there is a shadow on all the characters. I changed the LCD monitor

> again. Same problem. The fonts ibeing used are True Type Fonts. any

> suggestions? There was no problem with my CRT monitor except it went pinkish.

 

Does your video card maker offer an upgrade drivers file?

 

 

 

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